kanjinga (Gaisser) (TOGO, MOORE-NAWDAM), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
cikiire (pl. chikilje) (JMD) denaare (pl. denaage) (JMD) dene bamđi = donkey’s melon (MM) nyanaare (pl. nyanaađe) (JMD) (NIGERIA, FULA-FULFULDE (Nigeria)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
yengani (Ll.W) (GHANA, GRUSI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
hal u mbot = melon of the toad (JB) yombebute, yomba mbot, yomba: gourd; bute, mböt: toad, loosely applied to small cucurbits (JMD) (SENEGAL, WOLOF), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
fagus (JMD) shamman (JMD) (NIGERIA, ARABIC-SHUWA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
khad (JB) nak nãngoy (JB) (SENEGAL, SERER), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
esaka (JMD) (WEST CAMEROONS, LONG), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
isikiripum this and other C. spp. (BNO) (NIGERIA, IGBO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
kaenja (Gaisser) (TOGO, TEM (Tshaudjo)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
sarma (Ll.W) (GHANA, NANKANNI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
esaka (JMD) (WEST CAMEROONS, KUNDU), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
melon., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
kaniiga (FB) kanjinga (Gaisser) (TOGO, KABRE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
inabe (FB) (TOGO, KONKOMBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
íne gabá jч́gσo (C-G) (MALI, DOGON), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
kaenia (FB) (TOGO, TEM), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
al bata (JMD) (MALI, SONGHAI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
kurubomboŋmesengo = tiny kurubombong (Fox) (THE GAMBIA, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
esaka (JMD) (WEST CAMEROONS, LUNDU), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
mime (pl. -à) (D&C) (NIGER, SONGHAI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
ermana (JMD) (NIGER, TAMACHEK), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
wátὲrε, watr̀ε (KD) (GHANA, GA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
kongo dĭé (JB) (SENEGAL, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
inabe (Gaisser) (GHANA, KONKOMBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
icegher probably this sp. (Vermeer) (NIGERIA, TIV), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
itekel (JMD) (MALI, TAMACHEK), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
Flora
Entry for CUCUMIS dipsaceus Ehrenb. ex Spach [family CUCURBITACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by C. Jeffrey & M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
CUCUMIS dipsaceusEhrenb. ex Spach [family CUCURBITACEAE], (1838).
Information
Trailing annual herb to 2 m; stems harshly hispid. Leaf-blade ovate to reniform, deeply cordate, rounded, sinuate-dentate, bright green, scabrid or hispid especially on veins beneath, 2–9.5 x 2.5–10 cm, unlobed or shallowly and broadly palmately 3-lobed, lobes rounded; petiole 1.7–12 cm long, roughly hispid. Monoecious. Male flowers solitary or in 2–4-flowered fascicles. Pedicels 7–13 mm long. Hypanthium pale green, 3–5 mm long. Sepals linear, spreading, 1.5–5 mm long. Petals bright yellow with pellucid green veins, 5–15 mm long. Female flowers solitary. Pedicel 5–10 mm long. Ovary ellipsoid, 9–17 mm long, densely spiny. Perianth as in male flowers. Fruit ellipsoid, 4.5–6.5 x 3–4 cm, densely softly spiny, pale green, yellow when ripe. Pedicel stout, c. 1 cm long. Seeds elliptic in outline, rather acute at each end, 4.5 mm long.
