Cucurbitaceae

Cucumber tree

Dendrosicyos socotrana Balf.f.

Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Dendrosicyos

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Cucumber tree: tree island cucumber yemen socotra soqotra — Photo: Gerry & Bonni, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (11)

Arabic: قمحن
arz: قمحن
Dutch: Dendrosicyos
English: Cucumber tree
Indonesian: Dendrosicyos
Italian: Albero del cetriolo
Japanese: デンドロシキオス
Portuguese: Dendrosicyos
Russian: Огуречное дерево, Дендросициос, Дендросициос сокотранский
Thai: แตงกวาต้น
Vietnamese: Dendrosicyos

Photos

Photo: Gerry & Bonni, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification 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.