Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cucumis africanus L.f. [Cucurbitaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
agurkie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bitter wild cucumber	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
doringkomkommer	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
duno	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
etanga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
horned cucumber	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
huhaqn	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
isendelenja	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ithangazana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ithangazana lethafa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jelly melon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
konkomba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lekatane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
magabala	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mapukupuka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
monyaku	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
moshishiwau	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mugaika	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mukake	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mutete	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
n#o#nu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nku	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omatanga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rooi komkommer	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rooi-agurkie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sebisebi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
springbokkomkommer	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
stachelgurke	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
thorn cucumber	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
toa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
toas	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tshikutsxana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tshinyagu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
uhufafa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umaselwane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
uthangazana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wild cucumber	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wilde komkommer	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wildekomkommer	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

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

Cucumis hookeri Naudin Gard. Chron. 1870: 1503 (1870).
Cucumis arenarius Schrad. Linnaea 12: 416 (1838).
Cucumis dipsaceus Wender. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 451 (1840), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cucumis africana L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cucumis africanus	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Cucumis africanus L.f.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cucumis hookeri Naudin	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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