Cucurbitaceae
Gooseberry gourd
Cucumis myriocarpus
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Cucumis
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Common names
By language (5)
- Afrikaans
- Wildekomkommer
- Chinese
- 南非吐瓜, 醋栗黄瓜
- English
- Gooseberry gourd
- Persian
- خربزه انگورفرنگی
- Swedish
- Krusbärsgurka
Synonyms
- Cucumis africanus var. acutilobus Cogn.
- Cucumis africanus var. myriocarpus (Naudin) Burtt Davy
- Cucumis dissectifolius Naudin
- Cucumis dissectifolius var. filiformis Cogn.
- Cucumis grossularoides hort. ex Steud.
- Cucumis merxmuelleri Suess.
- Cucumis myriocarpus subsp. myriocarpus
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Golden-elm, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peripitus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peripitus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peripitus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Afanasovich, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.