Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (=) Cyclanthera pedata var. edulis (Naudin) Cogn.
• Basionym: Momordica pedata L.

Common names:

• achocha  (Source: PROTA4U) - English
• lady's-slipper  (Source: PROTA4U) - English
• slipper goard  (Source: PROTA4U) - English
• stuffing gourd  (Source: Zander Ency) - English
• stuffing-cucumber  (Source: PROTA4U) - English
• wild cucumber  (Source: Biol Cucurb) - English
• achocha  (Source: PROTA4U) - French
• concombre grimpant  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• Korila  (Source: Zander Ency) - German
• tamiá-de-cipó  (Source: PROTA4U) - Portuguese
• tamiá-de-comer  (Source: PROTA4U) - Portuguese
• achoccha  (Source: Names Soukup) - Quichua (Peru)
• caiba  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• caigua  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• caihua  (Source: Names Soukup) - Spanish
• caygua  (Source: Biol Cucurb) - Spanish
• pepino de comer  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• pepino hueco  (Source: Mansf Ency) - Spanish
• pepino de rellenar  (Source: F NGalicia) - Spanish (Colombia)
• caifa  (Source: F Mesoamer) - Spanish (Costa Rica)
• jaiba  (Source: F Mesoamer) - Spanish (Costa Rica)
• korila  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
• xiao que gua  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

• Human food: vegetable (fruit used raw in salads or cooked)
• Medicines: folklore

Distributional Range:

Cultivated

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China [Xizang Zizhiqu, Yunnan Sheng]
• EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India (n.), Nepal
• MALESIA: Malaysia

Southern America

• CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
• NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Jujuy, Salta]


Other (probable origin in Andean South America)

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) URL: www.skud.info
2. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45 380.
3. Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
4. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
5. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
6. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
7. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
8. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
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12. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
13. McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana. Note: mentions
14. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
15. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
16. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
17. Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:288.
18. Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand. Note: mentions
19. Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana.
20. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1976. Flora of Guatemala. 24(11):336.
21. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana. Note: mentions
22. Whitake, T. W. 1990. Cucurbits of potential economic importance. Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 319-320.
23. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
24. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2022. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=12773. Accessed 3 July 2022.

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