Cucumis metuliferus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Cucurbitales
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Cucumis
- Species
- Cucumis metuliferus
- Scientific Name
- Cucumis metuliferus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Cucumis metuliferus
Cucumis metuliferus, also known as the African horned cucumber (shortened to horned cucumber), horned melon, spiked melon, jelly melon, or kiwano, is an annual vine in the cucumber and melon family Cucurbitaceae. Its fruit has horn-like spines, hence the name "horned melon". The ripe fruit has orange skin and lime-green, soft flesh. Cucumis metuliferus is native to Southern Africa, in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Angola.
...Cucumis metuliferus in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Rooikomkommer
- Afrikaans
- Rooi-agurkie
- Chinese
- 刺角瓜
- Danish
- afrikaagurk
- English
- Horned Melon
- English
- Jelly Melon
- English
- Kiwano
- English
- Jelly Melon / Rooikomkommer
- English
- African Horned Cucumber
- English
- Horned Cucumber
- English
- Jelly-Melon
- Finnish
- kivakurkku
- French
- Kiwano
- French
- Melon à cornes
- French
- Concombre cornu d'Afrique
- French
- Concombre du Kenya
- French
- Métulon
- German
- Horngurke
- Italian
- kiwano
- Italian
- melone cornuto
- Russian
- Кивано
- Swedish
- kiwano
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Cucumis aculeatus
- Cucumis africanus
- Cucumis althaeoides
- Cucumis anguria
- Cucumis argenteus
- Cucumis asper
- Cucumis bryoniifolius
- Cucumis cinereus
- Cucumis clavipetiolatus
- Cucumis dipsaceus
- Cucumis ficifolius
- Cucumis heptadactylus
- Cucumis hirsutus
- Cucumis hystrix
- Cucumis indicus
- Cucumis javanicus
- Cucumis kalahariensis
- Cucumis maderaspatanus
- Cucumis meeusei
- Cucumis melo
- Cucumis messorius
- Cucumis metuliferus
- Cucumis myriocarpus
- Cucumis oreosyce
- Cucumis prophetarum
- Cucumis quintanilhae
- Cucumis rigidus
- Cucumis ritchiei
- Cucumis sacleuxii
- Cucumis sagittatus
- Cucumis sativus
- Cucumis setosus
- Cucumis silentvalleyi
- Cucumis trigonus
- Cucumis variabilis
- Cucumis zeyheri





























































































































































