Mouse melon or mexican sour cucumber, melothria scabra. Cucumbers are herbs, often trailing or climbing by coiled tendrils. Guadeloupe cucumber, meloncito, speckled gourd cucurbitaceae cucumber family synonyms. Pendula is a video production company based on the gold coast and in melbourne. Distributional data on three species of vascular plants,melothria pendula, carex extensa, andaneilema keisack, are presented for tidewater maryland. Effect of light intensity on the gas exchange characteristics of melothria pendula article pdf available in iop conference series earth and environmental science 269. On the presence of three vascular plants, melothria. Plants profile for melothria pendula guadeloupe cucumber. Creeping cucumber melothria pendula creeping cucumber is also known as guadeloupe cucumber and the scientific names melothria nigra, melothria nashii, melothria microcarpa, melothria guadalupensis, melothria fluminensis, melothria fluminensis, melothria edulis and several others. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about cucamelon, mexican sour cucumber, guadeloupe cucumber, creeping cucumber, mouse melon melothria scabra supplied by member gardeners.
Looking for something unusual to add to your vegetable garden. Once the weather warms, this plant grows rampantly, quickly covering a small trellis or wire cage. Squash vein yellowing virus, causal agent of watermelon vine. They also have a high percentage of nucleotide and amino acid sequence homologies. Christopher frye, the maryland state botanist states, brown and brown herbaceous plants of maryland,1984 indicate that melothria pendula is adventive. On the presence of three vascular plants, melothria pendula. Foliar symptoms of zymv are similar to hormonal herbicide 2,4d. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.
The taste of mexican sour cuke is described as a strongly sweet cucumber. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Melothria pendula lady bird johnson wildflower center. Ini nga species ginbahin ha masunod nga subspecies. Maryland biodiversity project creeping cucumber melothria. Creeping cucumber herbal medicine an illustrated compilation of philippine medicinal plants by dr godofredo stuart with botanical information, chemical properties, folkloric uses and research studies.
Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about melothria species, creeping cucumber, guadeloupe cucumber, speckled gourd melothria pendula supplied by member gardeners in the pla. Prsvp and prsvw have been classified as strains of the same virus on the basis of morphological and serological similarities yeh et al. This paper describes the morphology of the species and provides a line drawing and a key to the. Carl linnaeus, who invented dead latin names for plants, was the first to call the creeping cucumber melothria pendulabecause it was similar in description to a. The fruit, in jamaica, is the size and shape of a nutmeg, smooth, blackish when ripe, and full of small, white seeds like other cucumbers, lodged within an insipid, cooling pulp. Cucamelon, mexican sour cucumber, guadeloupe cucumber. These weeds may be important reservoirs for sqvyv and help it to survive between crops. It is a small, ovalrounded, ornamental pear tree that typically reaches 15 tall less frequently to 25 with pendulous or weeping branching. That said, when it comes to the creeping cucumber im not sure you can trust botanists who never get out of the college classroom, or internet experts whove never eaten a wild plant. Cooperative extension, which staffs local offices in all 100 counties and with the eastern band of cherokee indians. The alabama plant atlas is a source of data for the distribution of plants within the state as well as taxonomic, conservation, invasive, and wetland information for each species. Period is defined as the time for the pendulum to complete one full cycle of motion. Pendular definition is being or resembling the movement of a pendulum.
Mouse melon or mexican sour cucumber is a vine in the cucumber family that produces unique tiny fruits to add interest to salads or appetizer trays. Photo of the leaves of creeping cucumber melothria pendula. Photo of the leaves of creeping cucumber melothria pendula posted by songofjoy. In this lab, you will study three different systems. The website also provides access to a database and images of plants photos and herbarium specimens found at participating herbaria. The fruit is eaten pickled when green and is good when fully ripe, according to sloane. The necessity of proteins, for man as well as for the livestock, is of high priority, and for this reason that the production of plants as source of amino acids is researched. In addition to the cultivated species carica papaya, prsvp was also experimentally transmitted to c. Melothria pendula the melothria pendula is a little cucumber with a big reputation. Leaf symptoms include veinal chlorosis, veinbanding, blistering, and strapleaf see fig. Be aware that the tender young stems and tendrils are easily damaged by cold or rough handling. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria.
While a native plant, its fastspreading nature makes it potentially weedy. An melothria pendula in nahilalakip ha genus nga melothria, ngan familia nga cucurbitaceae subspecies. Melothria pendula is one of the rare temperate ones, growing in the eastern half of the united. Although it first entered cultivation in germany in the 1850s, it has only recently become popular in commerce. To learn more about this different vegetable from central america that resembles miniature striped watermelons, read this article.
Melothria in kew science plants of the world online. Melothria pendula in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. Squash vein yellowing virus, causal agent of watermelon. Hostsspecies affected top of page the host range of prsvp is limited to plants in the families caricaceae, cucurbitaceae and chenopodiaceae. Leaves photo of creeping cucumber melothria pendula uploaded to by songofjoy. Weve worked with agencies, brands and businesses from all over australia to craft stories that extend market reach and drive engagement. Pendula introduction pendula are systems that bob back and forth at regular intervals. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. Pdf melothria domingensis cucurbitaceae, an endangered. Distributional data on three species of vascular plants, melothria pendula, carex extensa, andaneilema keisack, are presented for tidewater maryland. Zymv infection dramatically alters normal leaf and fruit shape, size and color. Less than five populations of this endangered plant are known from maryland.
There is also a lot of misinformation about what the plants name means. The board of trustees of the royal botanic gardens, kew. Guadeloupe cucumber in english guadeloupe cucumber in language. The plant is especially prominent in southeast regions of the united states. Click below on a thumbnail map or name for subspecies profiles. This species has become a newly naturalized species and is locally abundant in central taiwan at roadsides and in crop fields. Melothria pendula creeping cucumber, guadeloupe cucumber, squirting cucumber. Melothria species, creeping cucumber, guadeloupe cucumber.
The best way to control it is to spray the leaves with glyphosate click for sources if they are not near your good plants. Melothria scabra, as botanists know it, is often called sandita, little watermelon, in spanish continue reading. The plant resembles the cultivated cucumber, possessing miniature yellow. While there are about 12 worldwide, there is only 1 species in the melothria genus in the united states melothria pendula. Melothria pendula is one of the rare temperate ones, growing in the. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0. P e n d u l a video production gold coast, brisbane. Melothria domingensis cucurbitaceae, an endangered caribbean endemic, is a cayaponia article pdf available december 2012 with 288 reads how we measure reads. The plants database includes the following 3 subspecies of melothria pendula. An melothria pendula in nahilalakip ha genus nga melothria, ngan familia nga cucurbitaceae. Perennial herbaceous vine, tendrilbearing, severalstemmed at base, fibrousrooted and often with short woody taproot, trailing to procumbent, in range shoots to 400 cm long. There isnt much of a problem with pendula which means suspended, and indeed the little fruits hang on stems off the vine. This is the first record of this genus and species for taiwan.
Melothria pendula, also known as the creeping cucumber or the guadeloupe cucumber, is a plant in the cucurbiteae tribe. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. Media in category melothria pendulathe following 9 files are in this category, out of 9 total. We specialise in creating high value video productions. Plant database entry for creeping cucumber melothria pendula with 7 images and 23 data details. Melothria obtusiloba spruce homonyms melothria pendula l. Melothria pendula creeping cucumber north carolina. The cucumber family cucurbitaceae is primarily a family of tropical and subtropical species.
Sqvyv is now widely distributed in watermelon, squash and cucurbit weeds in southwest and west central florida, and has also recently been reported from southern indiana adkins et al. The host range of sqvyv appears to be limited to cucurbits including two weedy varieties of cucurbits found in florida, momordica. Notes on taxonomy and nomenclature top of page two strains of papaya ringspot virus prsv are recognized. Mexican sour gherkin is a rather new name for a cute little fruit that native people of mexico and central america have enjoyed since precolumbian times. Data source and references for melothria pendula var. Melothria scabra grows vigorously in full sun when temperatures are warm. The form pendulums is significantly more common than pendula. The project works to allow users to contribute quality articles and media files to the encyclopedia and track their progress as they are developed. Unlike a watermelon, it is perennial and continues to come up from its roots each year. This article is within the scope of wikiproject plants, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of plants and botany on wikipedia. Creeping cucumber is a member of the cucumber family family cucurbitaceae.
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