Cucurbitaceae
Wild cucumber
Cucumis africanus
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Cucumis
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Common names
By language (2)
- Afrikaans
- Doringkomkommer, Wilde agurkie
- English
- Wild cucumber, Wild gherkin
Synonyms
- Cucumis arenarius Schrad.
- Cucumis dipsaceus Wender. ex Steud.
- Cucumis hookeri Naudin
Flowers
- In flower
- February to April, November (from 53 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: dune_ninja, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: dune_ninja, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nogga_Eugene, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: dune_ninja, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: dune_ninja, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: dune_ninja, CC0, 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.