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Creeping cucumber
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Gourd family: sopropo & pumpkin

Creeping cucumber

Melothria pendula L.

Names

EnglishCreeping cucumber
Dutch—
SpanishSandía de ratón
Chinese番马瓟
Scientific nameMelothria pendula L.

About this species

Melothria pendula (commonly known as the creeping cucumber, Guadalupe cucumber, mouse melon, and meloncito) is a plant in the Benincaseae tribe. The plant is especially prominent in the Southeastern United States. The plant resembles the cultivated cucumber, possessing miniature yellow flowers, similar leaf shape, same leaf patterns, as well as similar growth patterns. The unripe berries strongly resemble minuscule watermelons.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderCucurbitales
FamilyCucurbitaceae
GenusMelothria

In Suriname

23Records in Suriname
3iNaturalist observations
1844First record
2025Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Nickerie4
  • Para3
  • Paramaribo2
  • Sipaliwini2
  • Brokopondo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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