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Internal ID UUID64401460d5847549827519
Scientific name Cucumis pustulatus
Authority Hook.f.
First published in Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 544 (1871)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Cucumis figarei var. ficifolius Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. IV, 11: 17 1859

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kai yàdi-yàdi tà àdà

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Macaronesia
      • Cape Verde
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Burkina
      • Mali
      • Niger
      • Nigeria

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000628979
Tropicos 9200823
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:292284-1
The Plant List kew-2747050
Open Tree Of Life 896242
NCBI Taxonomy 217629
IPNI 292284-1
GBIF 4939974
USDA GRIN 12578

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Antibacterial activity of medicinal plants in Indonesia on Streptococcus pneumoniae Tafroji W, Margyaningsih NI, Khoeri MM, Paramaiswari WT, Winarti Y, Salsabila K, Putri HF, Siregar NC, Soebandrio A, Safari D PLoS One 13-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9469987
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0274174
PMID:36099236
Multiple Stressors in Vegetable Production: Insights for Trait-Based Crop Improvement in Cucurbits Parvathi MS, Antony PD, Kutty MS Front Plant Sci 03-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9111534
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.861637
PMID:35592574
Cultural significance of medicinal plants in healing human ailments among Guji semi-pastoralist people, Suro Barguda District, Ethiopia Eshete MA, Molla EL J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 18-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8524801
doi:10.1186/s13002-021-00487-4
PMID:34663365
Evaluation of Antibacterial Activity of Essential Oils and Their Combination against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria Isolated from Skin Ulcer Gadisa E, Usman H Int J Microbiol 26-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC8019382
doi:10.1155/2021/6680668
PMID:33854550
Antimicrobial activities evaluation and phytochemical screening of some selected medicinal plants: A possible alternative in the treatment of multidrug-resistant microbes Kebede T, Gadisa E, Tufa A PLoS One 26-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC7997013
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0249253
PMID:33770121
Antimicrobial activity of medicinal plants used for urinary tract infections in pastoralist community in Ethiopia Gadisa E, Tadesse E BMC Complement Med Ther 23-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC7903779
doi:10.1186/s12906-021-03249-7
PMID:33622320
Botanical ethnoveterinary therapies used by agro-pastoralists of Fafan zone, Eastern Ethiopia Feyera T, Mekonnen E, Wakayo BU, Assefa S BMC Vet Res 09-Aug-2017
PMCID:PMC5550981
doi:10.1186/s12917-017-1149-6
PMID:28793900
Vegetable Grafting: The Implications of a Growing Agronomic Imperative for Vegetable Fruit Quality and Nutritive Value Kyriacou MC, Rouphael Y, Colla G, Zrenner R, Schwarz D Front Plant Sci 12-May-2017
PMCID:PMC5427113
doi:10.3389/fpls.2017.00741
PMID:28553298
Chromosome-Specific Painting in Cucumis Species Using Bulked Oligonucleotides Han Y, Zhang T, Thammapichai P, Weng Y, Jiang J Genetics 13-May-2015
PMCID:PMC4512542
doi:10.1534/genetics.115.177642
PMID:25971668
Ecological correlates of ex situ seed longevity: a comparative study on 195 species Probert RJ, Daws MI, Hay FR Ann Bot 09-Apr-2009
PMCID:PMC2706723
doi:10.1093/aob/mcp082
PMID:19359301

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