Cucumis prophetarum L.

 
  • Family : CUCURBITACEAE
    (Gourd Or Melon Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KHARBOOZA FAMILY (खरबूजा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : CUCURBITACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cucumis prophetarum L.
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Waste places
  • Flower, Fruit : August-September
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Ballari district, Chikkamagaluru district, Hassan district, Uttara Kannada district
  • World Distribution : Paleotropics
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnatka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cucumis prophetarum. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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