EPPO Global Database

Cucumis maderaspatanus(MEEMA)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: MEEMA
  • Preferred name: Cucumis maderaspatanus
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Western Asia (Oman, Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, Sénégal to Ethiopia, Guinée to Cameroon, central and southern Africa (except Namibia, Botswana, Cape), Madagascar, New Guinea, Australia (Western, Northern, South, Queensland)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Melothria maderaspatana (Linnaeus) Cogniaux
Mukia maderaspatana (Linnaeus) Römer

Common names
Name Language
bristly bryony English
Madras pea pumpkin English
pea pumpkin English
rough bryony English
bilari Bengali
aganaki Hindi
agumaki Hindi
bilari Hindi