Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
(ki)-raci	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
abwongarot	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
acaago	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
acago	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
adavi budama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adike baale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akacavellari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akaya kakkarikay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akayakakkari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akayamulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akayamulvellari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alakakhya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aluka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amor	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
amritavha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aramekke	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ba na ntra pu si (d)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ba na tra pu sa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ba na tra pu si (p)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ba ntra pu si (d)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bahukanda	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
baro-kachro	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bateekh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bateeq	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bateeqa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bazrul qissa	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bazrul-qissaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bazrul-quissa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bestru	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
betteikh	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
bishlambhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
blestru	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
blustru	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bolaheere	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
brihatphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
buasu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
bucha	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
budimekaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bṛhatphala	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
cai gua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
campurotakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
campurotam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cantaloupe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chamoe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
changwe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chate-melon	Other	Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
chhardapanika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chibbar	Other	Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019)
chibdin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chibunda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chirbhati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chukkarigai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirbhatah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirbhati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirshata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirshati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirtgajcirabhata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
citraphalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cukkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cài guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dashangula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhaamaargava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
dhamargava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhamargavah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhamargawah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhodka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhodka ghiya turai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dish-cloth gourd	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dish-rag gourd	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dodda mekke	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
donkpegan	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
dosakaya	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
dynya polevaya	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
ekijumankuba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ekyangu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ekyangwe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
enua	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ervaaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ervaaruka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ervaru	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ervaruh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ervaruka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ervāru (seed)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
estropajo	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
g	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gajacirbhata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
garakshi-vrikshamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gavadani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gemüse-melone	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ghia-torai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghiataroi	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
ghiatarui	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghiaturai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghin-torai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ghiya tori	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghiyatarvi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghosaalen	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghosale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghosali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghurmi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
gilke	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
girmi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goihmha	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
gon kekiri	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
gon-kekiri	Other	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
gutti beera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guttibira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guǒ guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gān guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
haalu mekke	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
haavu southe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hallmekke balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hastidantaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hastipani	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
hastiparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hirey mekke	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
honey dew melon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hurung jawa	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
indravaruni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indrayan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
irvaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
it qavun	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
jalmatha	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
jamalgotah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaankadee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kacakarikakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kachrio	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachro	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadvi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kahiminike kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kak-karik-kay-virai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakadi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kakadi beej	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
kakari	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kakarikkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakdi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kakkarik kay-virai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkarikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkarikay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkarikka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkarikka-vitta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkarikkay	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kakkri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakri	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kakri-ke-bij	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakrikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakrio	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakur	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kalangari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalinga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalingada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kallangadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamkadi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kaniyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kankadi	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
karbooja dosa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karhati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karikuda	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
karit	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karkataksha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karkati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
karkaṭī.	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
karkri	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kattu thumatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattupiccil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattupiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuvellari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katutalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kawe-thi	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
kekiri	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
kekkarikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ketola	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ketola manis	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
khadbiyo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kharbiyo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kharbooja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kharbooza	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
kharbozeh	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
kharbuja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
kharbujadosa	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
kharbuza	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kharbuzeh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kharpazah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kharvuja	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
khiya tori	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khiyarzah	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
khiār	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
khurbuj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khurbuza	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khurbuzah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiraikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kosaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kosataki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kosathaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kothaphalah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukri	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kulekhara	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kyangwe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lomashakanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lomashi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
long melon	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
loofah	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
loufah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
luffa	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
luffa vegetable sponge	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
luffae fructus retinervus	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
macaca	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
madhupaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madhuphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
magaj kharbuja	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
maghz tukh kharbuza	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maghz tukhm kharbuza	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maghz-i-tukhm-i-kharbuza	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maghze kharbuza	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahaajaalini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mahaakoshtaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mahajalini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahakosataki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malaittummatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marti-gomasali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
meki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mekk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
melo semen	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
melon	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
melon de castilla	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
melone	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
melonis pedicellus	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
melu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
meluku pirk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
melukupirkku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
melukuppeyppirkku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
meron	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
minike hannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mián guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mohukupeerkamkai	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
mozhukupeerankai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mozhukupirkankai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mrgakshi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mul-vellirik-kay-virai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mul-vellrik-kay-virai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mulam palam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mulam-pandu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mulampalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mulampazham	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mulampazhum	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
mullu-dosakaya-vittulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullu-savate-bija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mulukkupperakkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mulvellari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
musaka saka	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
musk melon	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
muskmelon	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
muskmelon seed	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
mutrala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mutraphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muttirapala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mì guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
narivellari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neetibira	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
nethi beera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
netibirakaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niyan	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
niyan wetakola	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
noccuki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
noccukikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nsanu	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
nunibeera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nuraippirkku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
odumba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oriental melon	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
oriental pickling melon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
paarose	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pacche kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parpirkku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pataste	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
pedda dosrai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pedda-kai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peddadosrai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peddakai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pelkî gindore	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
penhati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perumpiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
petola	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
petola buntal	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
petola manis	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
phalaraja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phoot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phunt	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phut	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
picamakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piccinna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pickling melon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pikku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pinasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pirkku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pitavarnakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pittamakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pittanacam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pontukapirkku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puttalpiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puttilpiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qarbooza	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qarpaza	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qasā	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ra dza ko sa ta ki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raajakoshataki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rajakausataki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rajakosataki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rajakoshataki	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
retinervus luffae fructus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rgya mtshog gon	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rock melon	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rupapattiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadbhujah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadbuja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadrekhah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sakkar teti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saute	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
senat seed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shadabhya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shadbhuja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shadrekha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shamam	Other	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
shammam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shanmukha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shantanu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shirō-uri	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
shú guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
si gua luo	Other	TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
sigualuo	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
sisravrttam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sisyangwe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
small gourd	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
smooth loofah	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
smooth luffa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
snake cucumber	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sodhani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sponge cucumber	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sponge gourd	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
spongegourd	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sthula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sukula malonga	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
sweet melon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sī guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sī guā téng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
takmak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tar-kakkri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarkakdi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tavani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tavsini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tawbut	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
tembikai susu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tembiki wangi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
thumattikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thupari balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thuppa heere	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thuppeere kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thupri kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tian gua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tianguazi	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
tikta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiktaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
timput	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tinavacam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiprikayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tirappucam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiripuyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tirivacam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tirkkapatolikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
titcani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tián guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tián guā yè	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tiān diào guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tiān luó	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tiān luó guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
toppalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
toyaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
trapusa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
trapushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
trapusi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsuke-uri	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tukhm kharbaza	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm kharbuza	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm kharbuza nim kofta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhme khayar	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
tukhme khayare daraz	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
tukhme khayer za	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
tukhme-khiyar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhme-khiyar (seeds)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhme-khiyare-daraz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhme-khiyarzah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tuntilam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tuppahiorae	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
tuppahire	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tureippirku	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
tuti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tyaikoi	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
ulcardo melon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ulkukta	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umpali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
umpalikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
urmi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
urvaaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
urvaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
urvaruh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
urvaruka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vaelapalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valnka	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
valuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valungi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vattuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vattuvakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatukikakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatukikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vegetable sponge	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
velipandu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellari-verai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellarika	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
vellarikkai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
vellarikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vipantu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
virutukacakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
virutukacam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vrittakarkatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vrttervaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vyalapatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
watakolu	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
xiāng guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xù guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zhapayy koon	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
éponge végétale	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
بطيخ	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
جلماثا	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
خربزه	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
خیار	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
قثاء	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
කැකිරි	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ගොන් කැකිරි	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
‫شمام‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
丝瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
丝瓜叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
丝瓜子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
丝瓜根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
丝瓜皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
丝瓜络	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
丝瓜花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
丝瓜蒂	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
丝瓜藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
天吊瓜	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
天絡絲	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
天絲瓜	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
天罗	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
天罗水	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
天罗瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
天羅布瓜	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
天羅瓜	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
奄瓜	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
布瓜	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
果瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
熟瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
瓜蒂	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
甘瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
甜瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
甜瓜叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
甜瓜子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
甜瓜根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
甜瓜皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
甜瓜花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
甜瓜茎	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
甜瓜蒂	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
生瓜	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
白瓜	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
稍瓜	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
穿肠草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
竹蒿瓜	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
米管瓜	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
絮瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
綿瓜	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
绵瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
羊角瓜	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
菜瓜	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蜜瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
越瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
酱瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
香瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	dried vascular bundles of ripe fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Exocarpium		Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Fruit		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Fruit		Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019)
Fruit, Seed		Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
Fruit		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Root, seeds		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
leaf, frond		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Fruit		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Leaves, fruits		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
whole plant	fresh whole plant	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
seed		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seeds, fruit, root, leaves	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
fruits, “bulb of the fruits”		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
fruit	dried vascular bundles of ripe fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
seed	seed	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
apical tip of immature fruit		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
seed	dried seed	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
leaf		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
seed		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Fruit (Seed)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
roots, fruits		Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 358 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cucumis acidus Jacq. Observ. Bot. 4: 14 (1771).
Cucumis agrestis (Naudin) Greb. in R.Mansfeld, Verz. Landwirtsch. Gärtn. Kulturpfl. 1: 134 (1953), not validly publ.
Cucumis collosus (Rottler) Cogn. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 275 II: 129 (1924).
Cucumis conomon Thunb. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg., ed. 14.: 869 (1784).
Cucumis jucunda F.Muell. Trans. & Proc. Philos. Inst. Victoria 3: 46 (1859).
Cucumis melo var. agrestis Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 11: 73 (1859).
Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo in P.M.Zhukovsky, Turq. Agric.: 534 (1933).
Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 11: 47 (1859).
Cucumis melo var. chate (Hasselq.) Sageret Mém. Agric. Soc. Roy. Centr. Agric. 58: 488 (1825).
Cucumis melo var. conomon (Thunb.) Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 16: 16 (1902).
Cucumis melo var. flexuosus (L.) Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 11: 63, 87 (1859).
Cucumis melo var. inodorus H.Jacq. Monogr. Melon: 173 (1832).
Cucumis melo var. momordica (Roxb.) Cogn. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 484 (1881).
Cucumis melo var. utilissimus (Roxb.) Duthie & Fuller Field Gard. Crops N-W Prov. 2: 55 (1883).
Cucumis momordica Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 720 (1832).
Cucumis moschatus Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 552 (1821 publ. 1822), nom. illeg.
Cucumis pseudocolocynthis Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 220 (1835).
Cucumis pubescens Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 614 (1805).
Cucumis utilissimus Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 721 (1832).
Luffa cylindrica (L.) M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 63 (1846).
Melo agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 35: 580 (1950).
Momordica cylindrica L. Sp. Pl.: 1009 (1753).
Bryonia collosa Rottler Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 4: 210 (1803).
Cucumis agrestis subsp. figari (Pangalo) Greb. Kulturpflanze 1: 134 (1953).
Cucumis alba Nakai Sci. World (Chungking & Nanking) 13(9): 14 (1916).
Cucumis alba var. flavescens Nakai Sci. World (Chungking & Nanking) 13(9): 15 (1916).
Cucumis ambiguus Fenzl ex Hook.f. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 543 (1871), not validly publ.
Cucumis arenarius Schumach. & Thonn. in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 426 (1827).
Cucumis aromaticus Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 220 (1835).
Cucumis bardanus Fenzl ex Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 11: 25 (1859), not validly publ.
Cucumis bisexualis A.M.Lu & G.C.Wang Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 4(2): 126 (1984).
Cucumis campechianus Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 123 (1817).
Cucumis cantalupensis Haberle ex M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 69 (1846), nom. illeg.
Cucumis cantalupo Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 1: 295 (1831).
Cucumis chate Hasselq. Iter Palaest.: 491 (1757).
Cucumis chinensis (Pangalo) Pangalo Trudy Prikl. Bot. 23(3): 547 (1929-1930 publ. 1930).
Cucumis chito C.Morren Ann. Soc. Roy. Agric. Gand 5: 341 (1849).
Cucumis cicatrisatus Stocks Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 148 (1852).
Cucumis cognata Fenzl ex Hook.f. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 543 (1871), not validly publ.
Cucumis conomon var. koreana Nakai Sci. World (Chungking & Nanking) 13(9): 14 (1916).
Cucumis conomon var. rugosa Nakai in T.Mori, Enum. Pl. Corea: 335 (1922).
Cucumis cubensis Schrad. Linnaea 12: 419 (1838).
Cucumis cubensis var. costatus M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 76 (1846).
Cucumis deliciosus Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 157 (1796), nom. superfl.
Cucumis dudaim L. Sp. Pl.: 1011 (1753).
Cucumis dudaim aegyptiacus (Alef.) Sickenb. Mém. Inst. Égypt. 4: 232 (1901).
Cucumis dudaim bitarianus Sickenb. Mém. Inst. Égypt. 4: 231 (1901).
Cucumis dudaim elongatus Sickenb. Mém. Inst. Égypt. 4: 233 (1901).
Cucumis dudaim striatus Sickenb. Mém. Inst. Égypt. 4: 232 (1901).
Cucumis eriocarpus Boiss. & Noë in P.E.Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 2: 59 (1856).
Cucumis erivanicus Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 451 (1840), not validly publ.
Cucumis flexuosus L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 1437 (1763).
Cucumis flexuosus var. adzhur Pangalo La Turquie Agricole: 542 (1933).
Cucumis flexuosus var. curvatoalbus Pangalo La Turquie Agricole: 542 (1933).
Cucumis flexuosus var. curvatoaurantiacus Pangalo La Turquie Agricole: 543 (1933).
Cucumis flexuosus var. curvatoviridis Pangalo La Turquie Agricole: 543 (1933).
Cucumis flexuosus var. rectoalbus Pangalo La Turquie Agricole: 542 (1933).
Cucumis flexuosus var. rectoauranticus Pangalo La Turquie Agricole: 543 (1933).
Cucumis flexuosus var. rectoviridis Pangalo La Turquie Agricole: 543 (1933).
Cucumis flexuosus var. reflexus Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 300 (1828).
Cucumis flexuosus var. terra Pangalo La Turquie Agricole: 542 (1933).
Cucumis jamaicensis Bertero ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 46 (1826).
Cucumis laevigatus Chiov. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 36: 364 (1929).
Cucumis maculatus Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 614 (1805).
Cucumis melo var. acidulus Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 11: 66 (1859).
Cucumis melo var. adana (Pangalo) Pangalo La Turquie Agricole: 535 (1933).
Cucumis melo subsp. adana (Pangalo) Pangalo Theor. Basis Pl. Breed. 3: 148 (1937).
Cucumis melo convar. adana (Pangalo) Greb. Kulturpflanze 1: 134 (1953).
Cucumis melo adana Pangalo Deutsche Landw. Rundschau 2: 65 (1928).
Cucumis melo var. adress Pangalo La Turquie Agricole: 540 (1933).
Cucumis melo convar. adzhur (Pangalo) Greb. Kulturpflanze 1: 135 (1953).
Cucumis melo subvar. aegyptiacus (Alef.) D.S.Fish Bull. Alexandria Hort. Soc. 6: 125 (1912).
Cucumis melo var. aegyptiacus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 204 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. aestivalis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 206 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. aethiopicus Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 12: 110 (1859).
Cucumis melo subvar. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo Deutsche Landw. Rundschau 2: 64 (1928).
Cucumis melo f. agrestis (Naudin) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes Fl. Thailand 9: 428 (2008).
Cucumis melo f. albidus (Alef.) Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 14: 43 (1950).
Cucumis melo var. albidus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 204 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. alboviridis Pangalo La Turquie Agricole: 539 (1933).
Cucumis melo f. albus Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 20: 81 (1906).
Cucumis melo var. alwarensis A.Pandey & S.Rajkumar Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 68: 788 (2020).
Cucumis melo var. ameri Gabaev La Turquie Agricole: 540 (1933).
Cucumis melo proles ameri Pangalo Melon Cult. USSR: 185 (1933).
Cucumis melo subsp. ameri (Pangalo) Pangalo Theor. Basis Pl. Breed. 3: 149 (1937).
Cucumis melo convar. ameri (Pangalo) Greb. Kulturpflanze 1: 135 (1953).
Cucumis melo var. ananas Alef. Landw. Fl.: 208 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. ananas-i-chair-verte Hassib Cucurbit. Egypt: 127 (1938).
Cucumis melo var. anatolicus Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 12: 110 (1859).
Cucumis melo var. annae Alef. Landw. Fl.: 207 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. argenteus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 204 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. arundel Hassib Cucurbit. Egypt: 127 (1938).
Cucumis melo var. atab Hassib Cucurbit. Egypt: 132 (1938).
Cucumis melo var. atossae Alef. Landw. Fl.: 203 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. aurantiacus (Harz) Pangalo La Turquie Agricole: 539 (1933).
Cucumis melo aurantiacus Harz Landw. Samenk. 2: 780 (1885).
Cucumis melo var. autumnales Filov Vestn. Sel'skohoz. Nauki 1: 130 (1960).
Cucumis melo var. azmirli Hassib Cucurbit. Egypt: 129 (1938).
Cucumis melo subvar. bassusi Hassib Cucurbit. Egypt: 109 (1938).
Cucumis melo var. beida Hassib Cucurbit. Egypt: 93 (1938).
Cucumis melo var. bitarianus (Sickenb.) Hassib Cucurbit. Egypt: 99 (1938).
Cucumis melo var. bos-valdy E.Suzuki Foundation of Hothouse Melon Culture: 37 (1970).
Cucumis melo var. brasilianus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 207 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. buharici Filov Vestn. Sel'skohoz. Nauki 1: 130 (1960).
Cucumis melo var. bullock Hassib Cucurbit. Egypt: 127 (1938).
Cucumis melo var. burrells-gem Hassib Cucurbit. Egypt: 127 (1938).
Cucumis melo var. cantalupa (Pangalo) Gabaev La Turquie Agricole: 537 (1933).
Cucumis melo proles cantalupa Pangalo Melon Cult. USSR: 185 (1933).
Cucumis melo subsp. cantalupa (Pangalo) Pangalo Theor. Basis Pl. Breed. 3: 148 (1937).
Cucumis melo convar. cantalupa (Pangalo) Greb. Kulturpflanze 1: 135 (1953).
Cucumis melo convar. cantalupensis (Naudin) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 204 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. cantalupo Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 300 (1828).
Cucumis melo var. cantonianus Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 16: 161 (1862).
Cucumis melo var. carmelitarum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 208 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. carthagenens Alef. Landw. Fl.: 205 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. casaba Pangalo La Turquie Agricole: 535 (1933).
Cucumis melo var. caseiformis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 206 (1866).
Cucumis melo proles cassaba Pangalo Melon Cult. USSR: 185 (1933).
Cucumis melo subsp. cassaba (Pangalo) Pangalo Theor. Basis Pl. Breed. 3: 148 (1937).
Cucumis melo convar. cassaba (Pangalo) Greb. Kulturpflanze 1: 134 (1953).
Cucumis melo var. cassabar Alef. Landw. Fl.: 207 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. chandalak Gabaev La Turquie Agricole: 540 (1933).
Cucumis melo subsp. chandalak (Gabaev) Pangalo Theor. Basis Pl. Breed. 3: 149 (1937).
Cucumis melo convar. chandalak (Gabaev) Greb. Kulturpflanze 1: 135 (1953).
Cucumis melo proles chandaljak Pangalo Melon Cult. USSR: 185 (1933).
Cucumis melo subsp. chate (Hasselq.) Hassib Cucurbit. Egypt: 133 (1938).
Cucumis melo var. chilensis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 207 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. chinensis Pangalo Deutsche Landw. Rundschau 2: 64 (1928).
Cucumis melo subsp. chinensis (Pangalo) Filov Vestn. Sel'skohoz. Nauki 1: 131 (1960).
Cucumis melo subsp. chinensis (Pangalo) Pangalo Trudy Prikl. Bot. 23: 231, 250 (1929-1930 publ. 1930).
Cucumis melo convar. chinensis (Pangalo) Greb. Kulturpflanze 1: 136 (1953).
Cucumis melo var. chito (C.Morren) Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 11: 67 (1859).
Cucumis melo var. chloris Alef. Landw. Fl.: 203 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. chrysopetrus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 205 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. citrinus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 204 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. citrodorus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 206 (1866).
Cucumis melo subsp. conomon (Thunb.) Greb. Kulturpflanze 1: 135 (1953).
Cucumis melo convar. conomon (Thunb.) Greb. Kulturpflanze 1: 135 (1953).
Cucumis melo var. coronata Alef. Landw. Fl.: 201 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. cossonianus Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 16: 155 (1862).
Cucumis melo subvar. cultus (Kurz) Pangalo Deutsche Landw. Rundschau 2: 64 (1928).
Cucumis melo subsp. cultus (Kurz) Pangalo La Turquie Agricole: 534 (1933).
Cucumis melo var. cultus Kurz J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 46: 103 (1877).
Cucumis melo var. dampsa Alef. Landw. Fl.: 203 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. daree Alef. Landw. Fl.: 203 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. deliciosus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 200 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. dinodaim Alef. Landw. Fl.: 200 (1866).
Cucumis melo f. dissectifolius Pangalo Trudy Prikl. Bot. 23: 244 (1929-1930 publ. 1930).
Cucumis melo var. ducalis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 207 (1866).
Cucumis melo subsp. dudaim (L.) Greb. Kulturpflanze 1: 134 (1953).
Cucumis melo var. dudaim (L.) Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 11: 69 (1859).
Cucumis melo convar. dudaim (L.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 199 (1866).
Cucumis melo f. dulcis Pangalo Trudy Prikl. Bot. 23: 244 (1929-1930 publ. 1930).
Cucumis melo var. dumeri Hassib Cucurbit. Egypt: 128 (1938).
Cucumis melo var. durans Alef. Landw. Fl.: 202 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. duripulposus Filov Vestn. Sel'skohoz. Nauki 1: 130 (1960).
Cucumis melo var. durrieni Alef. Landw. Fl.: 199 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. ecostatus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 208 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. elongatus (Sickenb.) Hassib Cucurbit. Egypt: 100 (1938), nom. illeg.
Cucumis melo subvar. elongatus (Sickenb.) D.S.Fish Bull. Alexandria Hort. Soc. 6: 126 (1912), nom. illeg.
Cucumis melo convar. elongatus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 201 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. endaurantius Alef. Landw. Fl.: 208 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. erythraeus Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 11: 73 (1859).
Cucumis melo var. erythrosarx Alef. Landw. Fl.: 205 (1866).
Cucumis melo subsp. europaeus Filov Vestn. Sel'skohoz. Nauki 1: 130 (1960).
Cucumis melo var. faginus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 208 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. fairi Alef. Landw. Fl.: 209 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. firany Hassib Cucurbit. Egypt: 91 (1938).
Cucumis melo f. flavus (Makino) Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 14: 43 (1950).
Cucumis melo var. flavus Makino J. Jap. Bot. 5: 32 (1928).
Cucumis melo subsp. flexuosus (L.) Pangalo Trudy Prikl. Bot. 23: 231, 250 (1929-1930 publ. 1930).
Cucumis melo convar. flexuosus (L.) Greb. Kulturpflanze 1: 135 (1935).
Cucumis melo var. friesicus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 206 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. fucharici E.Suzuki Foundation of Hothouse Melon Culture: 5 (1970).
Cucumis melo var. gallicus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 205 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. gehoon Alef. Landw. Fl.: 205 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. gem-rocky Hassib Cucurbit. Egypt: 127 (1938).
Cucumis melo var. gerger Alef. Landw. Fl.: 203 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. germek Alef. Landw. Fl.: 203 (1866).
Cucumis melo subvar. geyeidy Hassib Cucurbit. Egypt: 114 (1938).
Cucumis melo var. giganteus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 208 (1866).
Cucumis melo f. ginmakua Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 14: 43 (1950).
Cucumis melo var. golobcresdael E.Suzuki Foundation of Hothouse Melon Culture: 7 (1970).
Cucumis melo var. goorgab Alef. Landw. Fl.: 203 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. gourbek Filov Vestn. Sel'skohoz. Nauki 1: 131 (1960).
Cucumis melo var. gracilior Pangalo Trudy Prikl. Bot. 23: 244 (1929-1930 publ. 1930).
Cucumis melo f. grandifolius Pangalo Trudy Prikl. Bot. 23: 244 (1929-1930 publ. 1930).
Cucumis melo f. hamikua Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 14: 43 (1950).
Cucumis melo var. hasanbey Pangalo La Turquie Agricole: 539, 876 (1933).
Cucumis melo var. hibernus Filov Vestn. Sel'skohoz. Nauki 1: 130 (1960).
Cucumis melo var. hiemalis Filov Vestn. Sel'skohoz. Nauki 1: 130 (1960).
Cucumis melo var. hime Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 6: 1308 (1913).
Cucumis melo var. honey-dew Hassib Cucurbit. Egypt: 130 (1938).
Cucumis melo var. hooseini Alef. Landw. Fl.: 203 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. indicus E.Suzuki Foundation of Hothouse Melon Culture: 37 (1970), nom. illeg.
Cucumis melo var. indicus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 207 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. insipidus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 200 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. insularis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 202 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. ispahanensis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 203 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. italicus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 206 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. keiseng Alef. Landw. Fl.: 203 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. khadra Hassib Cucurbit. Egypt: 94 (1938).
Cucumis melo f. kikumelon Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 14: 43 (1950).
Cucumis melo var. kurschaing Alef. Landw. Fl.: 203 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. leeanus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 206 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. leucadicus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 206 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. leucodictyon Alef. Landw. Fl.: 200 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. leucospermus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 206 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. liliinus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 202 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. macrocastanus Pangalo La Turquie Agricole: 536 (1933).
Cucumis melo var. macroleucus Pangalo La Turquie Agricole: 536 (1933).
Cucumis melo var. macropyrochrus Pangalo La Turquie Agricole: 536 (1933).
Cucumis melo var. maculatus Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 12: 110 (1859).
Cucumis melo var. makua Kitam. ex Makino Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 14: 43 (1950).
Cucumis melo var. makuwa Makino J. Jap. Bot. 5: 32 (1928).
Cucumis melo var. maltensis Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 300 (1828).
Cucumis melo var. mansouri Hassib Cucurbit. Egypt: 119 (1938).
Cucumis melo var. mehanawy Hassib Cucurbit. Egypt: 132 (1938).
Cucumis melo convar. melitensis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 201 (1866).
Cucumis melo subsp. meloides Endl & H.Schaef. Amer. J. Bot. 105: 1662-1671, App. S4: 1 (2018), not effectively publ.
Cucumis melo convar. microcarpus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 198 (1866).
Cucumis melo subsp. microcarpus (Alef.) Pangalo Trudy Prikl. Bot. 23: 231, 250 (1929-1930 publ. 1930).
Cucumis melo var. microcarpus (Alef.) Pangalo Deutsche Landw. Rundschau 2: 63 (1928).
Cucumis melo var. microcastanus Pangalo La Turquie Agricole: 536 (1933).
Cucumis melo var. microleucus Pangalo La Turquie Agricole: 537 (1933).
Cucumis melo var. micropyrochrus Pangalo La Turquie Agricole: 536 (1933).
Cucumis melo var. microspermus Nakai ex Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 14: 43 (1950), nom. illeg.
Cucumis melo var. microspermus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 208 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. minutissimus Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 16: 156 (1862).
Cucumis melo var. monoclinus (Pangalo) Filov Vestn. Sel'skohoz. Nauki 1: 131 (1960).
Cucumis melo var. montaguanus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 204 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. naudinii Alef. Landw. Fl.: 200 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. nigrescens Alef. Landw. Fl.: 207 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. nucinus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 207 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. nuksewan Alef. Landw. Fl.: 203 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. odessanus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 204 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. odoratissimus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 200 (1866), nom. superfl.
Cucumis melo var. olorinus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 205 (1866).
Cucumis melo subsp. orientalis Sageret ex Filov Vestn. Sel'skohoz. Nauki 1: 131 (1960), nom. illeg.
Cucumis melo var. orientalis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 206 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. pachyderma Alef. Landw. Fl.: 205 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. pancherianus (Naudin) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 198 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. paplis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 209 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. pedatifidus (Schrad.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 199 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. persicodorus (Seitz) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 199 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. peruanus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 203 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. petrosus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 205 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. polignac Alef. Landw. Fl.: 205 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. praecantalupa Pangalo La Turquie Agricole: 537 (1933).
Cucumis melo var. praecox Filov Vestn. Sel'skohoz. Nauki 1: 130 (1960), nom. illeg.
Cucumis melo var. praecox Alef. Landw. Fl.: 204 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. prescottii Alef. Landw. Fl.: 207 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. provincialis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 202 (1866).
Cucumis melo subsp. pubescens (Willd.) Hassib Cucurbit. Egypt: 86 (1938).
Cucumis melo var. pubescens (Willd.) Kurz J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 46: 103 (1877).
Cucumis melo var. reginae (Schrad.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 199 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. reticulatus Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 300 (1828).
Cucumis melo convar. reticulatus (Ser.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 208 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. rhodosarx Alef. Landw. Fl.: 205 (1866).
Cucumis melo subsp. rigidus (Pangalo) Filov Vestn. Sel'skohoz. Nauki 1: 130 (1960).
Cucumis melo var. rigidus (Pangalo) Pangalo Trudy Prikl. Bot. 23: 245 (1929-1930 publ. 1930).
Cucumis melo rigidus Pangalo Deutsche Landw. Rundschau 2: 62 (1928).
Cucumis melo var. romanus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 208 (1866).
Cucumis melo f. rugosus Nakai ex Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 14: 43 (1950).
Cucumis melo var. saccharinus H.Jacq. Monogr. Melon: 157 (1832).
Cucumis melo var. saharunporensis Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 5: 11 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. saidi Hassib Cucurbit. Egypt: 124 (1938).
Cucumis melo var. salmoneus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 206 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. santawi Hassib Cucurbit. Egypt: 126 (1938).
Cucumis melo var. sapidissimus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 205 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. schraderianus (M.Roem.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 199 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. senani Hassib Cucurbit. Egypt: 125 (1938).
Cucumis melo var. shahd Hassib Cucurbit. Egypt: 128 (1938).
Cucumis melo var. shammam Saidi Cucurbit. Egypt: 130 (1938).
Cucumis melo f. showamelon Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 14: 43 (1950).
Cucumis melo var. siamensis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 207 (1866).
Cucumis melo subsp. spontaneum Filov Vestn. Sel'skohoz. Nauki 1: 131 (1960), not validly publ.
Cucumis melo var. striatus (Sickenb.) Hassib Cucurbit. Egypt: 114 (1938).
Cucumis melo var. succosus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 208 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. susianuus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 206 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. syriacus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 205 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. tamago Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 6: 1309 (1913).
Cucumis melo var. tarra Filov Vestn. Sel'skohoz. Nauki 1: 131 (1960).
Cucumis melo var. tauricus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 206 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. texanus Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 16: 160 (1862).
Cucumis melo var. theioides Alef. Landw. Fl.: 200 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. thessalonicus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 203 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. turonensis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 208 (1866).
Cucumis melo f. typicus Pangalo Trudy Prikl. Bot. 23: 245 (1929-1930 publ. 1930), not validly publ.
Cucumis melo var. unionis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 202 (1866).
Cucumis melo var. vard Gabaev La Turquie Agricole: 540 (1933).
Cucumis melo f. variegatus Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 20: 82 (1906).
Cucumis melo var. variegatus (Makino) Pangalo La Turquie Agricole: 537 (1933).
Cucumis melo var. vaughans-original-osage Hassib Cucurbit. Egypt: 127 (1938).
Cucumis melo f. viridis (Alef.) Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 20: 81 (1906).
Cucumis melo var. viridis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 207 (1866).
Cucumis melo subsp. vulgaris (H.Jacq.) Pangalo Trudy Prikl. Bot. 23: 231, 250 (1929-1930 publ. 1930).
Cucumis melo var. vulgaris H.Jacq. Monogr. Melon: 143 (1832).
Cucumis melo subvar. waraqi Hassib Cucurbit. Egypt: 112 (1938).
Cucumis melo var. zaami E.Suzuki Foundation of Hothouse Melon Culture: 37 (1970).
Cucumis melo proles zard (Gabaev) Pangalo Melon Cult. USSR: 185 (1934).
Cucumis melo subsp. zard (Gabaev) Pangalo Theor. Basis Pl. Breed. 3: 149 (1937).
Cucumis melo convar. zard (Gabaev) Greb. Kulturpflanze 1: 136 (1953).
Cucumis melo var. zard Gabaev La Turquie Agricole: 540 (1933).
Cucumis melo var. zebrinoaurantiacus Pangalo La Turquie Agricole: 540 (1933).
Cucumis melo var. zebrinoluteus Pangalo La Turquie Agricole: 539 (1933).
Cucumis melo var. zhukovskyi Pangalo La Turquie Agricole: 540 (1933).
Cucumis microcarpus (Alef.) Pangalo Zhuk. Turq. Agric.: 534 (1933).
Cucumis microspermus Nakai Sci. World (Chungking & Nanking) 13(9): 14 (1916).
Cucumis microspermus var. koreanus Nakai in T.Mori, Enum. Pl. Corea: 335 (1922).
Cucumis microspermus var. rugosus Nakai Sci. World (Chungking & Nanking) 13(9): 14 (1916).
Cucumis odoratissimus W.M.Carp. & Riddell New Orleans Med. Surg. J. 9: 609 (1853), nom. illeg.
Cucumis odoratissimus Moench Methodus: 654 (1794), nom. superfl.
Cucumis officinarum-melo Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 172 (1766).
Cucumis orientalis Kudrj. Veg. Gusar.: 142 (1941).
Cucumis pancherianus Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 12: 112 (1859).
Cucumis pedatifidus Schrad. Linnaea 12: 418 (1838).
Cucumis persicodorus Seitz Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 379 (1827).
Cucumis persicus (Sageret) M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 71 (1846).
Cucumis pictus Jacq. Hort. Bot. Vindob. 3: 17 (1776).
Cucumis princeps Wender. Index Seminum (MB, Marburgensis) 1840: [7] (1840).
Cucumis pseudocolocynthis Wender. Index Seminum (MB, Marburgensis) 1834: [2] (1834).
Cucumis pyriformis Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 342 (1834), not validly publ.
Cucumis reflexus Zeyh. ex Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 300 (1828), not validly publ.
Cucumis reginae Schrad. Linnaea 12: 419 (1838).
Cucumis sativus var. conomon (Thunb.) Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 16: 16 (1902).
Cucumis schraderianus M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 73 (1846).
Cucumis serotinus Haberle ex Seitz Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 376 (1827).
Cucumis turbinatus Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 723 (1832).
Cucumis umbilicatus Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 157 (1796), nom. illeg.
Cucumis villosus Boiss. & Noë in P.E.Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 2: 59 (1856), not validly publ.
Cucurbita aspera Sol. ex G.Forst. Fl. Ins. Austr.: 92 (1786), nom. nud.
Ecballium lambertianum M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 52 (1846).
Melo adana (Pangalo) Pangalo Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 35: 576 (1950).
Melo adzhur Pangalo Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 35: 575 (1950).
Melo ambiguus Pangalo Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 35: 577 (1950).
Melo ameri (Pangalo) Pangalo Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 35: 578 (1950).
Melo cantalupa (Pangalo) Pangalo Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 35: 576 (1950).
Melo cassaba (Pangalo) Pangalo Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 35: 575 (1950).
Melo cassaba nid zhukovskyi (Pangalo) Pangalo Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 35: 575 (1950).
Melo chandalak (Gabaev) Pangalo Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 35: 578 (1950).
Melo chate (Hasselq.) Sageret Ann. Sci. Nat. 8: 312 (1826).
Melo chinensis (Pangalo) Pangalo Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 35: 580 (1950).
Melo conomon (Thunb.) Pangalo Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 35: 580 (1950).
Melo dudaim (L.) Sageret Ann. Sci. Nat. 8: 312 (1826).
Melo figari Pangalo Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 35: 580 (1950).
Melo flexuosus (L.) Sageret Ann. Sci. Nat. 8: 312 (1826).
Melo microcarpus (Alef.) Pangalo Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 35: 574 (1950).
Melo monoclinus Pangalo Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 35: 580 (1950).
Melo orientalis (Kudrj.) Nabiev Fl. Uzbekistan. 5: 609 (1961).
Melo persicus Sageret Ann. Sci. Nat. 8: 312 (1826).
Melo sativus Sageret Ann. Sci. Nat. 8: 312 (1826).
Melo vulgaris Cogn. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 484 (1881).
Melo zard (Gabaev) Pangalo Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 35: 579 (1950).
Momordica lambertiana Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 311 (1828).
Momordica sativa Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 341 (1834).
Pepo melopepo Moench Methodus: 653 (1794).
Pepo verrucosus Moench Methodus: 653 (1794).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cucumis acidus Jacq.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cucumis acidus Jacq. fil.	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
Cucumis agrestis (Naudin) Greb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Cucumis callosus (Rottl.) Cogn.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Cucumis callosus (Rottler)Cogn.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cucumis conomon Thunb.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cucumis jucundus F.Muell.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cucumis melo	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Cucumis melo L.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cucumis melo L. agrestis (Naudin)Pangalo	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cucumis melo L. agrestis Naudin	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cucumis melo L. melo	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cucumis melo L. subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo var. conomon (Thunb.) Makino	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo var. conomon (Thunb.) Makino	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Cucumis melo L. var. conomon (Thunb.) Makino	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cucumis melo L. var. momordica (Roxb.) Cogn.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cucumis melo L. var. momordica (Roxb.) Duthie & Fuller	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Cucumis melo L. var. utilissimus (Roxb.) Duthie & Fuller	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Cucumis melo Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Cucumis melo Linn	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Cucumis melo Linn.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Cucumis melo Linn. var. utilissimus Duth. & Fuller.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Cucumis melo Linné	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis (Naudin)Pangalo	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
Cucumis melo subsp. melo	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
Cucumis melo var. agrestis Naudin	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis Naudin	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Cucumis melo var. chate	Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Cucumis melo var. conomon (Thunb.) Makino	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Cucumis melo var. flexuosus	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Cucumis melo var. inodorus H. Jacq.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Cucumis melo var. utilissimus Duthie & Fuller	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Cucumis momordica L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cucumis momordica Roxb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Cucumis moschata (Duch.) Poir.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986)
Cucumis pseudo-colocynthi Royle	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Cucumis pseudocolocynthis Royle	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cucumis pubescens Wall.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Cucumis utilissimus Roxb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Cucumis utilissimus Roxburgh	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Luffa chylindrica (L.) Roem.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Luffa cylindrica	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Luffa cylindrica (L.) M. Roem.	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
Luffa cylindrica (L.) M.Roem.	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015)
Luffa cylindrica (L.) Roem	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
Luffa cylindrica (L.) Roem.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Luffa cylindrica (L.)M.Roemer	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Luffa cylindrica (Linn.) M. J. Roem.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Luffa cylindrica M. Roem.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Luffa cylindrica M.Roem.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Luffa cylindrica Roem.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Luffa cylindrica Roemer	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Luffa cylindrical (Linn)M.J. Roem.	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Luﬀa cylindrica (L.) M. Roem.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Melo agrestis (Naudin) Pang.	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
Momordica cylindrica L.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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