Plant Details

Accepted name:: Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & A.Gray [Cucurbitaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
wild cucumber	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Echinocystis echinata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. Prelim. Cat.: 20 (1888).
Hexameria echinata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Torr. & A.Gray in J.Torrey, Rep. Bot. Dept. Surv. New York: 137 (1840).
Micrampelis lobata (Michx.) Greene Pittonia 2: 128 (1890).
Momordica echinata Muhl. ex Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 605 (1805).
Sicyos lobatus Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 217 (1803).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Echinocystis lobata	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & A.Gray	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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