Cucumis.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Cucumis anguria L.
Engl.: West Indian gherkin, bur cucumber, bur gherkin, gooseberry gourd.
Deu.: Anguriagurke.
Fran.: angurie des Antilles, concombre des Antilles.
Sven.: anguria-gurka.
Span.: cohombro espinoso, pepinito, pepino.
Port.: machiche, maxixe.
Bot. syn.: Cucumis longipes Hook. f.
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