Cucumis asper
Chicken Cucumber
Cucumis anguria
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- Botanical name
- Cucumis anguria
- Also known as
- Chicken Cucumber, Pumpkin, West Indian Gherkin
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Cucumis
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Chicken Cucumber
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Cucumis anguria but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Apodanthera scaberrima
Cucumis anguria subsp. cubensis
Cucumis anguria subsp. jamaicensis
Cucumis anguria subsp. longipes
Cucumis anguria var. anguria
Cucumis anguria var. longipes
Cucumis angurioides
Cucumis arada
Cucumis echinatus
Cucumis erinaceus
Cucumis longipes
Cucumis macrocarpos
Cucumis parviflorus
Others in Cucumis
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