Common name species wap zone page alabama supplejack. Melothria pendula creeping cucumber north carolina. Melothria pendula creeping cucumber fruit 7307068584. Media in category melothria pendulathe following 9 files are in this category, out of 9 total. Cucumbers are herbs, often trailing or climbing by coiled tendrils. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. There is also a lot of misinformation about what the plants name means. It is a small, ovalrounded, ornamental pear tree that typically reaches 15 tall less frequently to 25 with pendulous or weeping branching. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. Melothria pendula, also known as the creeping cucumber or the guadeloupe cucumber, is a.
Creeping cucumber melothria pendula creeping cucumber is also known as guadeloupe cucumber and the scientific names melothria nigra, melothria nashii, melothria microcarpa, melothria guadalupensis, melothria fluminensis, melothria fluminensis, melothria edulis and several others. The fruit, in jamaica, is the size and shape of a nutmeg, smooth, blackish when ripe, and full of small, white seeds like other cucumbers, lodged within an insipid, cooling pulp. Gynura procumbens is a vine, quite popular in south east asia and some parts of central africa. The cucumber family cucurbitaceae is primarily a family of tropical and subtropical species. Melothria pendula melonette curpressaceae, cypress family juniperus virginiana eastern red cedar cyperaceae, sedge family carex albicans var.
Presence of cucurbit virus diseases in the midatlantic. Boltonia decurrens 1 7 lawrence 14912 na lawrence county wetland bank 57 3 rd. Generating an epub file may take a long time, please be patient. Creeping cucumber herbal medicine an illustrated compilation of philippine medicinal plants by dr godofredo stuart with botanical information, chemical properties, folkloric uses and research studies. Perennial herbaceous vine, tendrilbearing, severalstemmed at base, fibrousrooted and often with short woody taproot, trailing to procumbent, in range shoots to 400 cm long. Stub this article has been rated as stubclass on the projects quality scale. Presence of cucurbit virus diseases in the midatlantic kathryne l.
Manual of vascular plants of northeastern united states. To learn more about this different vegetable from central america that resembles miniature striped watermelons, read this article. Melothria pendula lady bird johnson wildflower center. Page 1 of 4 indiana county endangered, threatened and rare. Data source and references for melothria pendula var. It is also the plant family to which corn, sugarcane, sorghum, and wheat belong. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. Cooperative extension, which staffs local offices in all 100 counties and with the eastern band of cherokee indians. Looking for something unusual to add to your vegetable garden. The board of trustees of the royal botanic gardens, kew.
Creeping cucumber is a member of the cucumber family family cucurbitaceae. This species has become a newly naturalized species and is locally abundant in central taiwan at roadsides and in crop fields. Guadeloupe cucumber, meloncito, speckled gourd cucurbitaceae cucumber family synonyms. Pendular definition is being or resembling the movement of a pendulum. This is the first record of this genus and species for taiwan. The fruit is eaten pickled when green and is good when fully ripe, according to sloane.
It is short lived perennial in tropical climate, and in temperate climate regions with frosts milder than aprox. On the presence of three vascular plants, melothria. Duren, germany, and following the manufacturers manual. Melothria scabra, as botanists know it, is often called sandita, little watermelon, in spanish continue reading. Melothria pendula is a very slender, herbaceous vine, but it can grow few meters long stems, that can rapidly cover some shrubs or fences, clinging tight with its tendrils. The plants database includes the following 3 subspecies of melothria pendula. Melothria pendula creeping cucumber t 33 mikania spp. S and p in development watermelon mosaic wmv, formerly wmv 2. Plant database entry for creeping cucumber melothria pendula with 7 images and 23 data details. Melothria pendula in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. The alabama plant atlas is a source of data for the distribution of plants within the state as well as taxonomic, conservation, invasive, and wetland information for each species. Melothria pendula creeping cucumber, guadeloupe cucumber, squirting cucumber. Melothria species, creeping cucumber, guadeloupe cucumber. Illinois department of transportation statewide wetland.
Melothria scabra systematik kerneudikotyledonen rosiden eurosiden i ordnung. Weeds as reservoirs of plant pathogens affecting economically important crops 4 poaceae poaceae, the grass family, includes many of the most common and difficulttomanage weeds. The website also provides access to a database and images of plants photos and herbarium specimens found at. Crops in this family are vulnerable to infection by a number of viral pathogens. Carl linnaeus, who invented dead latin names for plants, was the first to call the creeping cucumber melothria pendulabecause it was similar in description to a.
The plant is especially prominent in southeast regions of the united states. It is highly esteemed for its medicinal and culinary values, but still mostly unknown outside those regions. Melothria pendula, also known as the creeping cucumber or the guadeloupe cucumber, is a plant in the cucurbiteae tribe. Cucurbitaceae of the atlantic rainforest of northeastern. Mouse melon or mexican sour cucumber is a vine in the cucumber family that produces unique tiny fruits to add interest to salads or appetizer trays. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link page. Mexican sour gherkin is a rather new name for a cute little fruit that native people of mexico and central america have enjoyed since precolumbian times. The blossom is a favored feeding site, especially for. Melothria pendula the melothria pendula is a little cucumber with a big reputation. That said, when it comes to the creeping cucumber im not sure you can trust botanists who never get out of the college classroom, or internet experts whove never eaten a wild plant. Pdf the neotropical genus melothria benincaseae, cucurbitaceae is a small. Watermelon mosaic virus 1 wmv1 spread rapidly from melothria pendula l.
Species name common name fed state page 3 of 4 03092020 indiana county endangered, threatened and rare species list grank srank county. Everts, university of maryland, plant science and landscape architecture, salisbury, md 21801. While there are about 12 worldwide, there is only 1 species in the melothria genus in the united states melothria pendula. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about melothria species, creeping cucumber, guadeloupe cucumber, speckled gourd melothria pendula supplied by member gardeners in the pla. Some reports represent new documentations to areas within a state. Page 1 of 2 indiana county endangered, threatened and rare. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. Melothria pendula is one of the rare temperate ones, growing in the eastern half of the united. Floristic discoveries in delaware, maryland and virginia dnrec. Melothria pendula plants infected with watermelon mosaic virus 1. Although it first entered cultivation in germany in the 1850s, it has only recently become popular in commerce. Request pdf possible role for melothria pendula creeping cucumber in the epidemiology of whiteflytransmitted squash vein yellowing virus.
Crambidae 3 damage pickleworm may damage summer and winter squash, cucumber, cantaloupe, and pumpkin. Melothria domingensis cucurbitaceae, an endangered caribbean. This article is within the scope of wikiproject plants, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of plants and botany on wikipedia. Pdf melothria domingensis cucurbitaceae, an endangered. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. There isnt much of a problem with pendula which means suspended, and indeed the little fruits hang on stems off the vine. Distributional data on three species of vascular plants,melothria pendula, carex extensa, andaneilema keisack, are presented for tidewater maryland. The neotropical genus melothria benincaseae, cucurbitaceae is a small group of. Cucamelon, mexican sour cucumber, guadeloupe cucumber. This paper describes the morphology of the species and provides a line drawing and a key to the. Possible role for melothria pendula creeping cucumber in the. Plants profile for melothria pendula guadeloupe cucumber.
While a native plant, its fastspreading nature makes it potentially weedy. Menyanthes trifoliata buckbean s1 g5 minuartia groenlandica greenland sandwort s1 g5 monarda fistulosa ssp. Perennial herbaceous vine, tendrilbearing, severalstemmed at base, fibrousrooted and often. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about cucamelon, mexican sour cucumber, guadeloupe cucumber, creeping cucumber, mouse melon. Melothria in kew science plants of the world online. Christopher frye, the maryland state botanist states, brown and brown herbaceous plants of maryland,1984 indicate that melothria pendula is adventive. Mouse melon or mexican sour cucumber, melothria scabra. Less than five populations of this endangered plant are known from maryland.