Cucumis dipsaceus Ehrenb. ex Spach
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5175793 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5187967 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C2A72C-3216-5C53-FF1F-D3B6AEF1FBC1 |
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Felipe |
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Cucumis dipsaceus Ehrenb. ex Spach |
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Cucumis dipsaceus Ehrenb. ex Spach View in CoL
GRIN Nomen number: 12552
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Common Name: hedgehog cucumber (English), hedgehog gourd (English), pepino diablito (Spanish), teasel gourd (English).
Native: AFRICA - Northern Africa: Egypt [possibly native in southern Egypt]; Northeast Tropical Africa: Ethiopia; Somalia; Sudan [possibly native]; East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda; ASIA TEMPERATE - Arabian Peninsula: Saudi Arabia.
Naturalized: widely naturalized in tropics.
Field Infestation: Mziray et al. 2010b: From March 2007 to March 2008, a total of 394 fruits (5.94 kg) was collected from the Morogoro region of Tanzania. Bactrocera latifrons was recovered in 1 of 42 collections (2.38%) with an overall infestation rate of 0.17 B. latifrons per kg of fruit (45.45 flies per kg infested fruits).
Cucumis dudaim L., see Cucumis melo L.
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