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Cucumis prophetarum
Cucumis prophetarum is a dioecious and prostrate or climbing perennial vine in the family Cucurbitaceae. The specific epithet (prophetarum) comes from Latin propheta, meaning "prophet".
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.737
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.673
The Anatomy of Plants (Vol. 2)
Nehemiah Grew · 1682 · p.528
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.739
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.630
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.638
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.904
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.784
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.699
A New Herbal, or History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.398
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.399
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.736
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Cucumis prophetarum in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 54917.