Nutritional composition and antioxidant properties of cucumis. Anatomical studies and preliminary phytochemical analysis in. For home gardens, select cultivars to be grown by expected growth habit, fruit typesize, flowering. Pepino cucumis sativus pdf pepino cucumis sativus pdf download. Cucumis dipsaceus and over other quality seeds for sale.
Cucumis sativus plant finder missouri botanical garden. Among the races 0, 1, 2 and 1,2, no gene conferringhigh resistance to race 1,2 has been identified in melon wild cucumis species have been reported to possess resistance to some melon diseases, and. Cucumis sativus cucumber, garden cucumber pfaf plant database. Cucumis sativus, commonly called cucumbers, are annual, tendrilbearing vines of the gourd family that are commonly grown both commercially and in home vegetable gardens throughout the world for harvest of edible fruits. Cucumis dipsaceus spach family cucurbitaceae on jstor. In its analyses of all available cucumis species and the accessions, the two accessions grouped with 100% bootstrap support in a clade.
The plant list includes a further 257 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus cucumis. Forest and kim starr creative commons attribution 3. In northern parts of kenya the leaves of cucumis dipsaceus enhreb. Cucumis dipsaceus, also known as arabian cucumber or hedgehog cucumber, is an annual climbing herb that can be found in tropical and arid locations. Chuzzle cucumber cucumis dipsaceus seeds fair dinkum seeds. Thirty species occur in africae, an 25 occur in indie, indocheenae, sootheast asie, an australie. Hedgehog gourd on floreana island in the galapagos, december 2004. Intraspecific classification of melons cucumis melo l. Spiky looking, but yet soft and flexible like velcro. Cucumis is a genus of twining, tendrilbearing plants in the family cucurbitaceae which includes the cucumber cucumis sativus, muskmelons cucumis melo, including cantaloupe and honeydew, the horned melon cucumis metuliferus, and the west indian gherkin cucumis anguria 30 species occur in africa, and 25 occur in india, southeast asia, and australia.
Staminate flowers solitary or in clusters of 24, pedicels 612 mm long, calyx lobes linear, 23 mm long, corolla lobes yellow, 712. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. It is in flower from july to september, and the seeds ripen from august to october. Cucumis zambianus cucurbitaceae, a new species from. The species is monoecious individual flowers are either male or female, but both sexes can be found on the same plant and is pollinated by insects. Flora of tropical east africa, page 1, 1967 author.
Nutritional composition and antioxidant properties of. Plants profile for cucumis dipsaceus hedgehog gourd. Looks like a yellow chuzzle when fully ripe, some folks call them woolly bears or hedgehog cucumbers. Cucumber is an economically important crop as well as a model system for sex determination studies and plant vascular biology. Itis taxonomy is based on the latest scientific consensus available, and is provided as a general reference source for interested parties.
Plants profile for cucumis dipsaceus hedgehog gourd usda. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Cucumis sativus fruit extract is an extract of the fruit of the cucumber, cucumis sativus l. Title african flowering plants database publication. The university of minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer. General information about cucumis dipsaceus cumdi name language. Cucumis dipsaceus cumdioverview eppo global database. Cucumis sativus cucumber derived ingredients as used in.
Fibrinogenolytic activity of serine proteasess from. Hedgehog, teasel cucumber, teasel gourd cucumis dipsaceus by kennedyh may 10, 2005 9. This page was last edited on 14 december 2019, at 04. Click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles. Cucumis sativus cucumber derived ingredients as used in cosmetics march 16, 2012 all interested persons are provided 60 days from the above date to comment on this tentative safety assessment and to identify additional published data that should be included or provide unpublished data which can be made public and included. Intraspecific classification of such variability has been difficult, and most taxonomists still rely on the work of naudin 1859. Leafblade ovate to reniform, deeply cordate, rounded, sinuatedentate, bright green, scabrid or hispid especially on veins beneath, 29. The plants database includes the following 8 species of cucumis. During germplasm explorations within zambia in 1984, seven cucumis accessions were collected that could not be identified to species. The teasel gourds flavor is similar to bitter melon with light astringent notes. Cucumis dipsaceus, also known as arabian cucumber or hedgehog cucumber, is an annual. It has crisp, watery flesh filled with small seeds, similar to its cucumber relative. Misidentification of cucumis dipsaceus ehrenberg ex spach as sicyos l. Sudan, ethiopia, eritrea, djibouti, somalia, uganda, kenya, tanzania, central african republic.
Cucumis based on its morphological similarities to cucumber c. However, it is not a legal authority for statutory or regulatory purposes. Low levels of trypsin inhibitory units, phenolics, and tannins content were found as antinutritional content. Cucumis sativus is a annual climber growing to 2 m 6ft 7in. Cucumis sativus, cucurbita foetidissima, cucurbita maxima, cucurbita pepo, citrullus lanatus, thladiantha dubia habitat preference. The developed fruits of the plant change from green to. Host suitability of wild cucurbits for melon fly, dactis. These are primarily included because names of species rank are. Text is available under the creative commons attributionsharealike license. Teasel hedgehog gourd seeds cucumis dipsaceus price for package of 10 seeds. A short description with illustration and relevant notes is provided. Cucumis dipsaceus belongs to the family cucurbitaceae and commonly known as an arabian cucumber, hedgehog cucumber. This herbs native distribution is in sudan and southern egypt, africa, widely spread in ethiopia, kenya, somalia, tanga region and in northern and western parts of tanzania and uganda.
From the present investigation, significant amount of almost all essential amino acids and important minerals were quantified. Hedgehog, teasel cucumber, teasel gourd daves garden. Cucumis dipsaceus spach family cucurbitaceae herbarium. Pharmacognosy, phytochemistry and pharmacology of cucumis. The plant list includes 254 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus cucumis. Cucumis prophetarum is a climbing or trailing plant producing annual stems up to 2. The present investigation was carried out to study the diversity of endophytic fungi in an ethanomedicinal plant of south africa namely cucumis dipsaceus which is. The plant is native to eastern africa, first found in sudan, southern egypt, and ethiopia. Cucumis dipsaceus lata e mittal, 2015 e uma planta originaria da etiopia, africa e distribuida em paises vizinhos, como quenia, uganda, somalia, tanzania e sudao. A collection of 54 accessions representing diverse genotypes from 23 countries was surveyed.
In this paper a brief description, distribution with photographs for supplementing their easy identification and ecological notes are provided. Cucumis sativus fruit extract cosmetic ingredient inci. Leaves cordate, reniform to broadly ovate with a basal sinus, blades 28 cm long, 39 cm wide, sometimes shallowly 3lobed, both surfaces hispid, margins denticulate, apex obtuse, petioles 210 cm long. Cucumis hvstrix, cucunus xlvtivus, taxonomy, rapd markerss, jaccards coefficient, upgma abstract. Hedgehog gourd, wild cucumber, teasel gourd cucumis dipsaceus. We do not intend the plant list to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. Based on phenotypic characters, they were closest to cucumis pustulatus. The teasel hedgehog gourd is an eggshaped, yellowishgreen fruit, covered with a thick layer of soft spines. While every effort has been made to provide the most reliable and uptodate information available, ultimate legal requirements with respect to species are contained in. Provided by ars systematic botany and mycology laboratory. This list contains plants that have been reported as having systemic effects on animals andor intense effects on the gastrointestinal tract. Edible and poisonous species of cucurbitaceae in the central. Cucumis dipsaceus information from the smithsonian flora of the hawaiian islands information about cucumis dipsaceus in hawaii is available from the smithsonian flora of the hawaiian islands.
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