Cucurbitaceae
Guadeloupe cucumber
Melothria pendula
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Melothria
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 垂瓜果, 番马瓟, 美洲马㼎儿
- English
- Guadeloupe cucumber
- Japanese
- アメリカスズメウリ
Synonyms
- Apodanthera gracilis Benth.
- Bryonia convolvulifolia Schltdl.
- Bryonia filiformis Roxb.
- Bryonia guadalupensis Spreng.
- Bryonia melothria Crantz
- Cucumis glaber Walter
- Diclidostigma melothrioides Kunze
- Melothria chlorocarpa Engelm. ex S.Watson
- Melothria crassifolia Small
- Melothria fluminensis Gardner
- Melothria fluminensis var. hydrocotylifolia Cogn.
- Melothria fluminensis var. microphylla Cogn.
- Melothria fluminensis var. ovata Cogn.
- Melothria fluminensis var. triangularis Cogn.
- Melothria guadalupensis (Spreng.) Cogn.
- Melothria nashii Small
- Melothria nigra Raf.
- Melothria pendula var. aspera Cogn.
- Melothria pendula var. chlorocarpa Cogn.
- Melothria pendula var. crassifolia (Small) Cogn.
- Melothria pendula var. microcarpa (Griseb.) Cogn.
- Melothria pendula var. pendula
- Melothria pervaga (Macfad.) Griseb.
- Melothria repanda Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Melissa McMasters from Memphis, TN, United States, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Miranda Kohout, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: M108t, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: M108t, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: M108t, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: M108t, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.