Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Cucumis metuliferus, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced5 Source not recorded8 Not on the record3 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	E.Mey. ex Schrad.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 11: 10 (1859)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1859	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	African horned cucumber	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Trop. & S. Africa, SW. Arabian Pen.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Flower color	empty	yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Fruit color	orange	orange · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Fruit shape	berry	berry · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Growth habit	Vine, Forb/herb	Vine, Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Inflorescence type	empty	solitary · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Vegetable	true	true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Phenology
Duration	annual	annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Fruit months	empty	apr, may, jun, jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record

Cucumis metuliferus E.Mey. ex Schrad., 1859 15% complete

African horned cucumber

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