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Taxon:  Cyclanthera pedata (L.) Schrad.



Summary
Genus:
Cyclanthera
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Sicyoeae
Nomen number:
12773
Place of publication:
Ind. sem. hort. acad. goetting. 1831; Linnaea 8: Litt. 23. 1833
Verified:
02/23/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Momordica pedata L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cyclanthera pedata (L.) Schrad. var. edulis (Naudin) Cogn.
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Reference(s)
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    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993 380.
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Common names
English
achocha –
lady's-slipper –
slipper goard –
stuffing gourd –
stuffing-cucumber –
wild cucumber –
French
achocha –
concombre grimpant –
German
Korila –
Portuguese
tamiá-de-cipó –
tamiá-de-comer –
Quichua (Peru)
achoccha –
Spanish
caiba –
caigua –
caihua –
caygua –
pepino de comer –
pepino hueco –
Spanish (Colombia)
pepino de rellenar –
Spanish (Costa Rica)
caifa –
jaiba –
Swedish
korila –
Transcribed Chinese
xiao que gua –
Distribution
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Yunnan, Xizang]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India (n.), Nepal
  • MALESIA: Malaysia
Southern America
  • MESOAMERICA: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Jujuy, Salta]
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Other (probable origin in Andean South America)
Economic Uses
Human food
Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2) –


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