Cucumis dipsaceus
Cucurbitaceae FAMILY

Cucumis dipsaceus

Cucumis dipsaceus

Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitAnnual Climber
Growth—

A plant of drier areas in the lowland tropics, ascending to elevations up to 2,000 metres. Prefers a sunny position in a well-drained soil. The plant has become widely naturalized in the tropics and is considered to be invasive in some areas[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Cucumis+dipsaceus>

Pollinators

Bees, Insects

References

  1. [1]Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk — http://www.hear.org/pier/scientificnames/index.html ↩︎A very good website detailing weed species that have been introduced into the Pacific Islands.
  2. [2]Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. Vol. 51 — Acevedo-Rodríguez P. (Editor) · Smithsonian Institution; Washington. · 2005 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎A treatment of the climbing plants of Puerto Rico. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
  3. [3]Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania — Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B. · Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi. · 2002 · ISBN 9966-896-60-0 ↩︎A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants.
  4. [4]African Flowering Plants Database — Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. · http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php ↩︎Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
  5. [5]Cornucopia II — Facciola. S. · Kampong Publications, California. · 1998 · ISBN 0-9628087-2-5 ↩︎The second edition of an excellent guide to the edible uses of plants, though it does not give any details of cultivation etc.