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Cucumis maderaspatanus
Also called Mukia Maderaspatana
Madras Pea Pumpkin is a small climbing annual vine in the gourd family, native to tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia and Malesia. It is grown mainly as a warm-season annual in dry tropical climates, where it needs full sun and well-drained soil.
Cucumis maderaspatanus is a species of plant in the family Cucurbitaceae. The species is found throughout the tropics and subtropics, from west Africa to Australia. One of its many synonyms is Mukia maderaspatana.
Small Wild Cucumber · Pea Pumpkin · West Indian gherkin · Snake vine · Rough Cucumber · Hedgehog gourd · Cucumis · Aardvark Cucumber · Cucumis hystrix · Cantaloupe · Armenian cucumber · Melon
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cucumis maderaspatanus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
