Cucurbitaceae
Fivelobe cucumber
Cayaponia quinqueloba
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Cayaponia
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Cayaponia quinquelobaCucurbitaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Fivelobe cucumber
Synonyms
- Arkezostis grandiflora (Cogn.) Kuntze
- Arkezostis quinqueloba Raf.
- Boykinia trispora Nutt. ex Arn.
- Bryonia boykinii Torr. & A.Gray
- Cayaponia boykinii (Torr. & A.Gray) Cogn.
- Cayaponia grandifolia (Torr. & A.Gray) Small
- Melothria grandifolia Torr. & A.Gray
- Trianosperma boykinii M.Roem.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: 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.