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Internal ID UUID643ff5fe80f73439203881
Scientific name Melothria scabra
Authority Naudin
First published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 5, 6: 10 (1866)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Melothria donnell-smithii Cogn. ex Donn.Sm. Bot. Gaz. 16: 9. 1891
Melothria donnell-smithii var. hirtella Cogn. Bot. Gaz. 16: 9 (1891)
Melothria donnell-smithii var. rotundifolia Cogn. Bot. Gaz. 16: 9 (1891)
Melothria costensis C.Jeffrey Kew Bull. 33: 349 (1978)

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Language Common/alternative name
Arabic بويطيخ خشن
Persian هندوانه مینیاتوری مکزیکی
Hungarian mexikói egérdinnye
Hungarian mexikói datolyauborka
Japanese きゅうりメロン
Russian Мелотрия шершавая
Serbian Кукамелон
Urdu چبھڑ
Vietnamese dưa hấu nhỏ mexico

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Sow seeds at 20°C, expecting germination within 3 months without further temperature treatment.

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Colombia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000377170
Tropicos 9200614
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:293320-1
The Plant List kew-2373236
Open Tree Of Life 714190
NCBI Taxonomy 886970
IPNI 293320-1
iNaturalist 126239
GBIF 3623482
Freebase /m/03gvgrt
EOL 5733780
USDA GRIN 24053
Wikipedia Melothria_scabra

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An Effective Sanitizer for Fresh Produce Production: In Situ Plasma-Activated Water Treatment Inactivates Pathogenic Bacteria and Maintains the Quality of Cucurbit Fruit Rothwell JG, Hong J, Morrison SJ, Vyas HK, Xia B, Mai-Prochnow A, McConchie R, Phan-Thien KY, Cullen PJ, Carter DA Microbiol Spectr 10-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10434273
doi:10.1128/spectrum.00034-23
PMID:37428084
A comprehensive dataset on cultivated and spontaneously growing vascular plants in urban gardens Frey D, Moretti M Data Brief 23-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6545399
doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.103982
PMID:31194048

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