Cucurbitaceae
American melonleaf
Cayaponia americana
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Cayaponia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- كيابون أمريكي
- English
- American melonleaf
Synonyms
- Anguina tamnifolia Kuntze
- Arkezostis americana (Lam.) Kuntze
- Bryonia americana Lam.
- Bryonia asperifolia C.Presl
- Bryonia ficifolia Descourt.
- Bryonia scabrella Sieber ex Cogn.
- Cayaponia americana var. angustiloba Cogn.
- Cayaponia americana var. asperifolia (C.Presl) Cogn.
- Cayaponia americana var. subintegrifolia Cogn.
- Cayaponia angustiloba (Bello) M.Gómez
- Cionandra angustiloba Bello
- Trianosperma belangeri Naudin
- Trianosperma graciliflorum Griseb.
- Trichosanthes tamnifolia Poir.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.