Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cucumis metuliferus E.Mey. ex Naudin [Cucurbitaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
african horned cucumber	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bitter wild cucumber	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chicuachavate	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chicuapuruto	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dacc!'au	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dcaa!'hau	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dz'aa!'hau	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gbohounon	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
hommelone	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
horned cucumber	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ihalabujana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jelly melon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kiwano	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
magabala	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mawakaka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mokapana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mugaika	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mugaka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mukake	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mushonga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mutete	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nku	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nontende	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ntende	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rooi komkommer	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rooi-agurkie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rooikomkommer	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ruputwi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
spiny cucumber	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tenda	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tende	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
thinende	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
uhufafa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wilde-komkommer	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wolf cucumber	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruits	dry fruits	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cucumis tinneanus Kotschy & Peyr. Pl. Tinn.: 17 (1867).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cucumis metulifer E. Mey. ex Naudin	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cucumis metulifer E.Mey. ex Naudin	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Cucumis metuliferus E.Mey. ex Naudin	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015)
Cucumis metuliferus Naudin	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cucumis tinneanus Kotschy & Peyr.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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