Cucurbitaceae
Wild cucumber
Coccinia mackenii
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Coccinia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Wild cucumber
Synonyms
- Cephalandra mckennii Naudin
- Cephalandra palmata Sond.
- Coccinia dinteri André
- Coccinia palmata (Sond.) Cogn.
- Momordica palmata E.Mey.
Flowers
- In flower
- May, November to February (from 16 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Erwin Sieben, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Margaret Burger, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sunčana Bradley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sunčana Bradley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wynand Uys, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Margaret Burger, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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). About our plant data.