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Magnoliopsida
Cucumis anguria L.
EOL Text
United States
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
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Distribución: A lo largo de la costa o en matorrales costeros, del área sur y sudoeste. También en Culebra, Mona, Vieques, Anegada, St. Croix, St. Thomas, Tortola y Virgen Gorda. Nativa de África, pero naturalizada en las Antillas, Centroamérica y Sudamérica.
Bosque Público: Guánica y Mona.
Distribution: Along the coast or in coastal thickets, in southern and southwestern Puerto Rico. Also on Culebra, Mona, Vieques, Anegada, St. Croix, St. Thomas, and Tortola. Native to Africa, but naturalized in the Antilles, Central America, and South America.
Public forest: Guánica and Mona.
Cucumis anguria L.
Bejuco herbáceo, rastrero o trepador mediante zarcillos axilares, el cual alcanza 0.25-2 m de largo. Tallos ramificados desde la base, delgados, angulosos, hirsutos; zarcillos simples, más cortos que las hojas. Hojas alternas; láminas 3-10 × 3.5-10 cm, profundamente 3-5-palmatilobadas, los lóbulos oblongos u oblanceolados, con ápices obtusos o redondeados, la base lirada, los márgenes ciliados, crenados o denticulados; haz opaco, escábrido; envés verde pálido, opaco, escábrido, con la nervación prominente e hispídula; pecíolos sulcados, hispídulos, 6-12 cm de largo. Flores solitarias o en fascículos axilares, unisexuales. Cáliz campanulado, amarillento, 5-6 mm de largo, velloso-espinuloso; corola amarillo pálido, ca. 1 cm de largo, los lóbulos agudos. Baya elipsoide u obovoide, espinulosa, 4-5 cm de largo, amarillo-verdoso, comestible; semillas numerosas, elípticas, cremas, 1-1.3 cm de largo.
Fenología: Coleccionada en flor y fruto de enero a marzo y en julio y noviembre.
Estatus: Exótica, naturalizada, poco común.
Especimenes Estudiados: Acevedo-Rdgz., P. 4023; 5234; Axelrod, F. 5939; 9695; Britton, N.L. 1265; Eggers, B. 627; Goll, G.P. 646; Liogier, A.H. 29440; Shafer, J.A. 2663; Sintenis, P. 601; Stevenson, J.A. 3258; Underwood, L.M. 575.
Cucumis anguria L., Sp. Pl. 1011. 1753.
Herbaceous vine, creeping or climbing by axillary tendrils, which attains 0.25-2 m in length. Stems branched from the base, slender, angular, hirsute; tendrils simple, shorter than the leaves. Leaves alternate; blades 3-10 × 3.5-10 cm, deeply 3-5-palmatilobed, the lobes oblong or oblanceolate, the apices obtuse or rounded, the base lyrate, the margins ciliate, crenate or denticulate; upper surface dull, scabrid; lower surface pale green, dull, scabrid, with prominent venation and hispidulous; petioles sulcate, hispidulous, 6-12 cm long. Flowers solitary or in axillary fascicles, unisexual. Calyx campanulate,yellowish, 5-6 mm long, villous-spinulose; corolla pale yellow, ca. 1 cm long, the lobes acute. Berry ellipsoid or obovoid, spinulose, 4-5 cm long, greenish yellow, edible; seeds numerous, elliptical, cream-colored, 1-1.3 cm long.
Phenology: Collected in flower and fruit from January to March and in July and November.
Status: Exotic, naturalized, uncommon.
Selected Specimens Examined: Acevedo-Rdgz., P. 4023; 5234; Axelrod, F. 5939; 9695; Britton, N.L. 1265; Eggers, B. 627; Goll, G.P. 646; Liogier, A.H. 29440; Shafer, J.A. 2663; Sintenis, P. 601; Stevenson, J.A. 3258; Underwood, L.M. 575.
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 3
Specimens with Barcodes: 6
Species With Barcodes: 1
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable
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Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked
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Fruit: In French Guiana, the juice is mixed with oil and applied on contusions.