Taxon: Fevillea cordifolia L.

Summary

Genus:

Fevillea

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Tribe:

Triceratieae

Nomen number:

16760

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:1013. 1753

Protologue link:

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/359034

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

08/29/2006 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

2 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

No images

Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Vascular Plants of the Americas (VPA) Website Tropicos, Botanical Information System at the Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis. 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal. 1991. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 6:265-270.
Decker-Walters, D. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Jørgensen, P. M. et al. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador (on-line resource) Missouri Botanical Garden.
Jørgensen, P. M., ed. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia (Catalogue of vascular plants of Bolivia) (on-line resource).
Missouri Botanical Garden. W³Tropicos (on-line resource).
Quigley, D. T. G. & P. A. Gainey. 2014. First record of an antidote vine seed Fevillea cordifolia (Cucurbitaceae) from UK and north-western European waters. New J. Bot. 4:176-177. DOI: 10.1179/2042349714Y.0000000047.
Robinson, G. L. & R. P. Wunderlin. 2005. Revision of Fevillea (Cucurbitaceae: Zanonieae). Sida 21:1979-1984.
Schultes, R. E. 1990. Chapter 24. Biodynamic cucurbits in the New World tropics. In: Bates, D. M. et al., Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 307-324. Note: this review cites the use of the seeds of Fevillea cordifolia
Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. 133.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	antidote-vine	1	Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
French	ti concombre	2	Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Spanish	jabilla	2	Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal. 1991. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 6:265-270.
Spanish	nacha	2	Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal. 1991. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 6:265-270.
Spanish (Peru)	cobalonga	2	Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal. 1991. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 6:265-270.

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Acre		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Amazonas		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Pará		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rondônia		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba			Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Dominican Republic			Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Haiti			Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Jamaica			Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	United States	Puerto Rico		Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica			Robinson, G. L. & R. P. Wunderlin. 2005. Revision of Fevillea (Cucurbitaceae: Zanonieae). Sida 21:1979-1984.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Nicaragua			Robinson, G. L. & R. P. Wunderlin. 2005. Revision of Fevillea (Cucurbitaceae: Zanonieae). Sida 21:1979-1984.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Panama			Robinson, G. L. & R. P. Wunderlin. 2005. Revision of Fevillea (Cucurbitaceae: Zanonieae). Sida 21:1979-1984.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Apure		Robinson, G. L. & R. P. Wunderlin. 2005. Revision of Fevillea (Cucurbitaceae: Zanonieae). Sida 21:1979-1984.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Aragua		Robinson, G. L. & R. P. Wunderlin. 2005. Revision of Fevillea (Cucurbitaceae: Zanonieae). Sida 21:1979-1984.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Carabobo		Robinson, G. L. & R. P. Wunderlin. 2005. Revision of Fevillea (Cucurbitaceae: Zanonieae). Sida 21:1979-1984.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Delta Amacuro		Robinson, G. L. & R. P. Wunderlin. 2005. Revision of Fevillea (Cucurbitaceae: Zanonieae). Sida 21:1979-1984.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Distrito Capital		Robinson, G. L. & R. P. Wunderlin. 2005. Revision of Fevillea (Cucurbitaceae: Zanonieae). Sida 21:1979-1984.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Mérida		Robinson, G. L. & R. P. Wunderlin. 2005. Revision of Fevillea (Cucurbitaceae: Zanonieae). Sida 21:1979-1984.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Miranda		Robinson, G. L. & R. P. Wunderlin. 2005. Revision of Fevillea (Cucurbitaceae: Zanonieae). Sida 21:1979-1984.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Yaracuy
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Zulia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia	Cochabamba		Jørgensen, P. M., ed. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia (Catalogue of vascular plants of Bolivia) (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia	El Beni		Jørgensen, P. M., ed. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia (Catalogue of vascular plants of Bolivia) (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia	La Paz		Jørgensen, P. M., ed. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia (Catalogue of vascular plants of Bolivia) (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia	Pando		Jørgensen, P. M., ed. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia (Catalogue of vascular plants of Bolivia) (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia	Santa Cruz		Jørgensen, P. M., ed. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia (Catalogue of vascular plants of Bolivia) (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Amazonas		Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis. 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Antioquia		Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis. 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Atlántico		Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis. 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Bolívar		Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis. 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Chocó		Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis. 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Cundinamarca		Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis. 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Magdalena		Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis. 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Meta		Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis. 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Putumayo		Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis. 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Vaupés		Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis. 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Carchi		Jørgensen, P. M. et al. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador (on-line resource) Missouri Botanical Garden.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Napo		Jørgensen, P. M. et al. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador (on-line resource) Missouri Botanical Garden.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Pastaza		Jørgensen, P. M. et al. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador (on-line resource) Missouri Botanical Garden.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Pichincha		Robinson, G. L. & R. P. Wunderlin. 2005. Revision of Fevillea (Cucurbitaceae: Zanonieae). Sida 21:1979-1984.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Amazonas		Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Huánuco		Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Loreto		Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Madre de Dios		Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	San Martín		Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Ucayali		Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Central America	Central America			Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
6	Other	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero	from the 1880s	Robinson, G. L. & R. P. Wunderlin. 2005. Revision of Fevillea (Cucurbitaceae: Zanonieae). Sida 21:1979-1984.

Native
Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, United States [Puerto Rico]
CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela [Apure, Aragua, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Capital, Mérida, Miranda, Yaracuy, Zulia]
BRAZIL: Brazil [Acre, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia]
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia [Cochabamba, El Beni, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz], Colombia [Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Meta, Putumayo, Vaupés], Ecuador [Carchi, Napo, Pastaza, Pichincha], Peru [Amazonas, Huánuco, Loreto, Madre de Dios, San Martín, Ucayali]

Cultivated
Southern America

CENTRAL AMERICA: Central America

Other
Northern America

SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Guerrero (from the 1880s)]

Reference(s)

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis. 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Jørgensen, P. M. et al. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador (on-line resource) Missouri Botanical Garden.
Jørgensen, P. M., ed. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia (Catalogue of vascular plants of Bolivia) (on-line resource).
Robinson, G. L. & R. P. Wunderlin. 2005. Revision of Fevillea (Cucurbitaceae: Zanonieae). Sida 21:1979-1984.

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Materials	lipids	source of mandiro fat for candle making	Schultes, R. E. 1990. Chapter 24. Biodynamic cucurbits in the New World tropics. In: Bates, D. M. et al., Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 307-324. Note: this review cites the use of the seeds of Fevillea cordifolia
Medicines	folklore		Schultes, R. E. 1990. Chapter 24. Biodynamic cucurbits in the New World tropics. In: Bates, D. M. et al., Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 307-324. Note: this review cites the use of the seeds of Fevillea cordifolia
Medicines	folklore	for livestock	Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. 133.
Medicines	folklore	for livestock	Decker-Walters, D. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. common names

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=16760. Accessed 12 May 2026.