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Cucumis prophetarum

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Algeria
• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Cameroon
• Chad
• Djibouti
• Egypt
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Gulf States
• India
• Iran
• Iraq
• Sinai - Israel
• Kenya
• Lebanon
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palestine
• Saudi Arabia
• Senegal
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Syria
• Yemen

Natural Habitats

• Open ground
• coastal

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Mar

Fruiting Times

• Feb

Prostrate & climbing monoecious annual simple-tendril, scabrid-stemmed hairy climber with angular white-bristly stems, axillary 8mm yellow female flowers, male flowers solitary or fascicled with hispid calyx & corolla, globose fruits 70mm yellow spotted marked with sordid red white or green bands with spines, plant has unpleasant odour, 3-5-lobed coriaceous leaves 32mm across scabrous both surfaces, lobes entire or toothed

Further References

• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• Welw
• JDH
• J.S. Gamble
• The Plant List 2
• BF
• Botanicus
• FOTA