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Arabian cucumber or hedgehog cucumber
Cucumis dipsaceus
About
Cucumis dipsaceus, also known as Arabian cucumber or hedgehog cucumber, is an annual climbing herb that can be found in tropical and arid locations. The plant is native to eastern Africa, first found in Sudan, southern Egypt, and Ethiopia. The developed fruits of the plant change from green to yellow and contain many seeds. The hairs that cover the oblong fruits nickname this species the “hedgehog cucumber”.
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Cucumis dipsaceus
- Slug
- cucumis-dipsaceus
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Cucumis
- Species
- dipsaceus
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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