Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cucurbita radicans Naudin [Cucurbitaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cucurbita radicans whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cucurbita gracilior L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 6: 301 (1943).
Sphenantha scabra Schrad. Linnaea 12: 416 (1838).
Sphenantha scandens Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 621 (1841).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cucurbita radicans	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cucurbita radicans Naudin	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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