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Taxon:  Cucumis dipsaceus Ehrenb. ex Spach



Summary
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Aculeatosi
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
12552
Place of publication:
Hist. nat. vég. 6:211. 1838
Verified:
05/10/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
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Common names
English
hedgehog cucumber –
hedgehog gourd –
teasel gourd –
German
Igel-Gurke –
Spanish
pepino diablito –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaYemenSocotra 
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
2Cultivated     
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoBaja Sur 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSan Luis Potosi 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSinaloa 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoTamaulipas 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoJalisco 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoVeracruz 
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaMesoamericaPanama  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen [Socotra]
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia
Cultivated ()
Naturalized
Northern America
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja Sur, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Jalisco, Veracruz]
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Cuba
  • MESOAMERICA: Panama
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador, Peru
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Weed  CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=12552. Accessed 17 April 2026.

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