Melothria pendula
Creeping Cucumber, Creeping Cucumber
Other regional names: Drooping Melonette +2 more
- Drooping Melonette
- Guadeloupe Cucumber
- Small Wild Cucumber
Also known as: Apodanthera gracilis Benth. +15 more
- Apodanthera gracilis Benth.
- Bryonia convolvulifolia Schltdl.
- Bryonia guadalupensis Spreng.
- Bryonia melothria Crantz
- Cucumis glaber Walter
- Diclidostigma melothrioides Kunze
- Diclidostigma melothroides Kunze
- Landersia pervaga Macfad.
- Melothria chlorocarpa Engelm. ex S.Watson
- Melothria edulis Raf.
- Melothria fluminensis var. hydrocotylifolia Gardner
- Melothria fluminensis var. macrophylla Gardner
- Melothria fluminensis var. microphylla Gardner
- Melothria fluminensis var. triangularis Gardner
- Melothria guadalupensis (Spreng.) Cogn.
- Melothria microcarpa Shuttlw. ex Cogn.
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Cucurbitaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a scrambling shrub or liana.
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Melothria pendula (commonly known as Creeping Cucumber) is a scrambling shrub within the Cucurbitaceae family. It naturally occurs in North America and South America. In its natural range, this species typically occurs in subtropical conditions.
Macro Climate
Subtropical
Plant Type
Shrub
Plant Type
Climber / Vine
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
NORTHERN AMERICA, SOUTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Brazil, Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, North-Central U.S.A., Northeastern U.S.A., Northern South America, South-Central U.S.A., Southeastern U.S.A., Southern South America, Western South America
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Panama, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Surinam, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Virginia, Windward Is.
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Borneo, China Southeast, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Philippines, Sulawesi, Taiwan