Cucurbitaceae

Melothria scabra Naudin

Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Melothria

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Melothria scabra (Melothria scabra) — FruitPhoto: Grete Pasch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (10)

Arabic: بويطيخ خشن
arz: بويطيخ خشن
Hungarian: Mexikói datolyauborka, Mexikói egérdinnye
Japanese: きゅうりメロン
Persian: هندوانه مینیاتوری مکزیکی
Portuguese: Cucamelão, Minimelancia, Pepino-melancia
Russian: Мелотрия шершавая
Serbian: Кукамелон
Urdu: چبھڑ
Vietnamese: Dưa hấu nhỏ Mexico

Synonyms

Melothria costensis C.Jeffrey
Melothria donnell-smithii Cogn. ex Donn.Sm.
Melothria donnell-smithii var. hirtella Cogn.
Melothria donnell-smithii var. rotundifolia Cogn.

Photos

FruitPhoto: Grete Pasch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: User:Tigerente, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Grete Pasch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: User:Tigerente, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: portioid, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Nadiatalent, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Yuridia Selene Posadas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Nadiatalent, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Nadiatalent, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mirko Schoenitz, 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.