Details for: Grif 16574, Melothria pendula L., Grif 16574


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Melothria pendula L.
Top Name:
Grif 16574
Origin:
Collected – Oklahoma, United States
Received by NPGS:
09 Aug 2002
Improvement Status:
Uncertain improvement status
Form Received:
Seed
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Melothria pendula L.
Top Name:
Grif 16574
Origin:
Collected – Oklahoma, United States
Received by NPGS:
09 Aug 2002
Improvement Status:
Uncertain improvement status
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
2001.
Oklahoma, United States
Locality: Atoka County

Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Grif 16574
Type: Site identifier
Group: GRIF
S-9 Research Numbers

Narrative
The plants are small and scrambling. The flowers are tiny and yellow and male and female flowers are on the same plant. Male flowers start showing up before female flowers. The fruits are small up to about 2.5 cm long. They are light green with medium green stripes until they mature at which time they are dark olive green to black. The fruit contain multiple small seed. Plants are prolific.
Melothria pendula L.
Genus:
Melothria
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:

301051
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:35. 1753
Verified:
01/04/2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
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Autonym(s)
Melothria pendula L. var. pendula

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Bryonia guadalupensis Spreng.
Melothria guadalupensis (Spreng.) Cogn.
Melothria microcarpa Griseb.
Melothria microcarpa Shuttlew. ex Small
Melothria pendula L. var. microcarpa (Griseb.) Cogn.
Melothria scabra Naudin

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishcreeping-cucumber  1Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2
Spanishmeloncito  2Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
Spanishpepinito  2Liogier, H. A. 1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
Swedishhängmelotgurka  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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