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Cucumis myriocarpus

Cucumis myriocarpus

Cucumis myriocarpus Naudin.
Engl.: paddy melon, gooseberry cucumber, prickly paddy melon.

Colocynthis (U. S. P.)—Colocynth.

Botanical name: 
Cayaponia globosa
Citrullus colocynthis
Cucumis myriocarpus
Cucumis prophetarum
Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii
Cucumis trigonus
Luffa acutangula
Luffa echinata
Luffa operculata

Fig. 81. Fruit of Citrullus Colocynthis. Classic texts: King's 1898.

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Cacur

Botanical name: 
Cucumis myriocarpus

Classic texts: USDisp 1918.

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