General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 6 to 8 inches
Plant Spread: Trails or climbs 12 to 15 feet
Fruit: Other: Green berry, maturing to black; white seeds
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Espalier
Uses: Groundcover
Resistances: Humidity tolerant

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Common names
  • Creeping Cucumber
  • Guadeloupe cucumber
  • Meloncito
  • Speckled Gourd

Photo Gallery
Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2020-09-06
Location: Savannah, Georgia, USA (my garden)
Date: 2015 - 9 - 28
Melothria pendula ripe flower/leaf/ripe fruit. Fully ripe/black f
Location: Savannah, Georgia, USA
Date: 2014-05-03
Seedlings rescued from the lawn mower at the roadside.
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2003-09-14
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2003-09-14
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2003-09-14
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2003-09-14
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2003-09-14
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Plant Events from our members
greene On September 21, 2015 Miscellaneous Event
The fruit is ready to eat now. There are a lot more flowers so more fruit in the next couple of weeks.
(Note: Do NOT eat the ripe/black fruit; only eat the green.
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