Cayaponia pedata
American Melonleaf
Cayaponia americana
Cogn. Species
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- Botanical name
- Cayaponia americana
- Also known as
- American Melonleaf
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Cayaponia
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow American Melonleaf
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Cayaponia americana but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Anguina tamnifolia
Arkezostis americana
Bryonia americana
Bryonia asperifolia
Bryonia ficifolia
Bryonia scabrella
Cayaponia americana var. angustiloba
Cayaponia americana var. asperifolia
Cayaponia americana var. subintegrifolia
Cayaponia angustiloba
Cionandra angustiloba
Trianosperma belangeri
Trianosperma graciliflorum
Trichosanthes tamnifolia
Others in Cayaponia
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