Taxon:  Diplocyclos palmatus (L.) C. Jeffrey



Summary
Genus:
Diplocyclos
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
409855
Place of publication:
Kew Bull. 15:352.  1962
Verified:
02/19/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3 (1  active, 1  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Bryonia palmata L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Zehneria erythrocarpa F. Muell.

Invalid Designation(s)
Bryonia laciniosa auct.
Bryonopsis laciniosa auct.
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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  3. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  4. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
  5. Chakravarty, H. L. 1982. Cucurbitaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 11:48-49.
  6. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  7. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  8. Decker-Walters, D. S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
  9. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  10. George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
  11. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  12. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  13. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
  14. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
  15. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  16. Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
  17. Jardin botanique national de Belgique. 1967-. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale).
  18. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  19. Saldanha, C. J. & D. H. Nicolson. 1976. Flora of Hassan district.
  20. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  21. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishlollipop-climber  1Decker-Walters, D. S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
Englishstriped-cucumber  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Swedishpolkagrisreva  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia s.Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi  Jardin botanique national de Belgique. 1967-. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale).
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  Jardin botanique national de Belgique. 1967-. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale).
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaEquatorial GuineaBioko Jardin botanique national de Belgique. 1967-. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale).
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  Jardin botanique national de Belgique. 1967-. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale).
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaSao Tome and Principe  Jardin botanique national de Belgique. 1967-. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong Sheng Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanRyukyu Islands Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaKarnataka Chakravarty, H. L. 1982. Cucurbitaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 11:48-49.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMadhya Pradesh Chakravarty, H. L. 1982. Cucurbitaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 11:48-49.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaRajasthan Chakravarty, H. L. 1982. Cucurbitaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 11:48-49.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaUttar Pradesh Chakravarty, H. L. 1982. Cucurbitaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 11:48-49.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaWest Bengal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
2Cultivated    also cult. 
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia (s.), Sudan
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea [Bioko], Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Zambia
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India [Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal], Sri Lanka, Nepal
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland, Western Australia, Northern Territory]
Cultivated (also cult.)

Reference(s)
  1. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
  2. Chakravarty, H. L. 1982. Cucurbitaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 11:48-49.
  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  4. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  5. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  6. George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
  7. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  8. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  9. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
  10. Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
  11. Jardin botanique national de Belgique. 1967-. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale).
  12. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Environmentalornamental Decker-Walters, D. S. 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=409855. Accessed 15 April 2026.