Cucumis anguria (West Indian gherkin)
Identity
- Preferred Scientific Name
- Cucumis anguria L.
- Preferred Common Name
- West Indian gherkin
- Other Scientific Names
- Cucumis angurioides M.Roem.
- Cucumis arada L. ex Naudin & F.Muell.
- Cucumis erinaceus Naudin ex Huber
- Cucumis longipes Hook.f.
- Cucumis macrocarpus Wender. ex Mart.
- International Common Names
- Englishbur cucumbercackery horned cucumbergooseberry gourdjelly melonmaroon cucumberwild cucumber
- Spanishpepinetoanguriacohombro espinosoconcombropepino cimarrónpepino de sabanapepino ratonsandia de ratón
- Frenchangourie des Antillesconcombre des Antillesconcombre marronconcombre-cornichonpetit concombre
- Portuguesemaxixe-do-matocornichão-das-antilhasmaxixemaxixe-bravopepino-castanhapepino-espinhoso
- Local Common Names
- Jerusalem cucumber
- Dominican Republiccocombrecocombrocohombroconcombropepinillo
- Lesser Antillesticoncombrewarty cucumber
- Netherlandsaugurk
- Puerto Ricopepinillo
Pictures
Fruits
Cucumis anguria (West Indian gherkin); Fruits in a garden. Kluse, Emsland, Germany. July 2018.
©Frank Vincentz/via Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA 3.0
Leaves
Cucumis anguria (West Indian gherkin); leaves. Kluse, Emsland district, Lower Saxony, Germany. July 2018.
©Frank Vincentz/via wikipedia - CC BY-SA 3.0
Fruiting habit
Cucumis anguria (West Indian gherkin); Fruiting habit. April 2010.
©Eugenio Hansen, OFS/via Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA 3.0
Vine
Cucumis anguria (West Indian gherkin); Vine of plant in garden. Kluse, Emsland, Germany. July 2018.
©Frank Vincentz/via Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA 3.0
Fruit
Cucumis anguria (West Indian gherkin); Fruit cut to show the seeds. January 2020.
©Filo gèn'(2020 Studio lab 1)/Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA 4.0
Seeds
Cucumis anguria (West Indian gherkin); seeds. Note scale.
Public Domain - Released by the USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database/original image by Steve Hurst
Flower
Cucumis anguria (West Indian gherkin); Flower. Lago Sul, Brazil. May 2018.
©Mauricio Mercadante/via Flickr - CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Cucumis anguria
Richard Gardner, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, bugwood.org
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Cucumis anguria
Richard Gardner, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, bugwood.org
Refer to Bugwood: http://www.bugwood.org/ImageUsage.html
Cucumis anguria
Richard Gardner, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, bugwood.org
Refer to Bugwood: http://www.bugwood.org/ImageUsage.html
Distribution
Host Plants and Other Plants Affected
| Host | Host status | References |
|---|---|---|
| Arachis hypogaea (groundnut) | Main | |
| Gossypium (cotton) | Main | |
| Phaseolus vulgaris (common bean) | Main | |
| Vitis vinifera (grapevine) | Unknown | Lopes et al. (2019) |
| Zea mays (maize) | Main |
Prevention and Control
Herbicides such as dinoseb, 2,4-DB, and toxaphene have been used to control Cucumis anguria as a weed in peanut plantations (Buchanan et al., 1981).
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Published online: 4 October 2022
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