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|accepted_name=Cucumis anguria
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 1011. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=West Indian or bur gherkin
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cucurbitaceae;Cucumis;Cucumis anguria
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cucurbitaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cucumis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Cucumis anguria]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 32, 33, 34
|treatment_page=page 36
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism reproduction;whole_organism growth form;root width;rootstock width;rootstock texture"><b>Plants </b>dioecious, roots thin, without thick, woody rootstock.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="tendril pubescence"><b>Tendrils </b>setose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="petiole pubescence"><b>Leaves:</b> petiole hispid to setose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade atypical length;blade length;blade atypical width;blade width;blade l w ratio;base shape;lobe shape;lobe shape;lobe shape;margin architecture or shape;margin architecture or shape">blade broadly to narrowly ovate, deeply palmately 3–5-lobed to weakly 3-lobed or nearly unlobed, [sometimes pedately lobed], 3–12 (–15) × 2.5–12 (–15) cm, length 0.9–1 (–2) times width, base cordate, lobes broadly elliptic to obovate, spatulate, or ovate, margins serrate or entire.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="pedicel shape;flower architecture"><b>Inflorescences:</b> pedicels of pistillate flowers distally dilated;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="flower architecture;flower quantity;flower architecture;flower architecture">staminate flowers 3–10 in racemes, pedunculate or sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower architecture;calyx lobe some measurement;petal some measurement;corolla-tube distance;corolla-tube pubescence">pistillate flowers: calyx lobes 2–4 mm, petals 6–8 mm, corolla-tube 0–1 mm, sparsely puberulent inside.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="pepo coloration;pepo shape;pepo shape;pepo length;pepo width;stripe coloration;surface shape"><b>Pepos </b>light yellowish green to light yellow, sometimes with light green stripes, usually ellipsoid, rarely obovoid, 2–7 × 1.5–4 cm, surfaces ± aculeate at maturity, flesh greenish white to yellowish green.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flesh coloration;2n chromosome quantity">2n = 24.</span><!--

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|distribution=Ala.;Calif.;Fla.;Ga.;Mass.;Mont.;N.Y.;Tex.;Africa;Atlantic Islands (Cape Verde Islands);also in Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Pacific Islands (Marquesas Islands);Australia
|discussion=<p>Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Pepos obscurely aculeate, aculei 1–2 mm; leaf blades deeply palmately 3–5-lobed.
|[[Cucumis anguria var. anguria|Cucumis anguria var. anguria]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Pepos prominently aculeate, aculei 4–10(–15) mm; leaf blades deeply palmately 3–5-lobed to weakly 3-lobed or nearly unlobed.
|[[Cucumis anguria var. longaculeatus|Cucumis anguria var. longaculeatus]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Cucumis anguria
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cucurbitaceae
|distribution=Ala.;Calif.;Fla.;Ga.;Mass.;Mont.;N.Y.;Tex.;Africa;Atlantic Islands (Cape Verde Islands);also in Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Pacific Islands (Marquesas Islands);Australia
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V6/V6_56.xml
|genus=Cucumis
|species=Cucumis anguria
|2n chromosome quantity=24
|base shape=cordate
|blade atypical length=12cm;15cm
|blade atypical width=12cm;15cm
|blade l w ratio=0.9-1(-2)
|blade length=3cm;12cm
|blade shape=deeply palmately 3-5-lobed;weakly 3-lobed or nearly unlobed
|blade width=2.5cm;12cm
|calyx lobe some measurement=2mm;4mm
|corolla-tube distance=0mm;1mm
|corolla-tube pubescence=puberulent
|flesh coloration=greenish white;yellowish green
|flower architecture=pistillate;sessile;pedunculate;staminate;pistillate
|flower quantity=3;10
|lobe shape=broadly elliptic;obovate spatulate or ovate
|margin architecture or shape=entire;serrate
|pedicel shape=dilated
|pepo coloration=light yellowish green;light yellow
|pepo length=2cm;7cm
|pepo shape=obovoid;ellipsoid
|pepo width=1.5cm;4cm
|petal some measurement=6mm;8mm
|petiole pubescence=hispid;setose
|root width=thin
|rootstock texture=woody
|rootstock width=thick
|stripe coloration=light green
|surface shape=aculeate
|tendril pubescence=setose
|whole_organism growth form=plant
|whole_organism reproduction=dioecious
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