Guadeloupe cucumber (Melothria pendula)

Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name: Melothria pendula L.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.: Melothria pendula
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.: L.
Common names: Guadeloupe cucumber, Small wild cucumber, Creeping cucumber, Guadeloupe cucumber, creeping cucumber, creeping-cucumber, drooping melonette, guaquillo, meloncito, melonette, mouse melon
Names in other languages (28)
Abóbora-do-mato, Ano ta’pe, Bebo kinto, Chimu shili, Chinchinkas, Cucum Sauvage, Pepinito, Remedyu mishmu tape, Sandía de ratón, Ti konkonm hazyé, Konkonm dyab, Konkonm pwazon, Wild Cucumber (Trinidad & Tobago); Guadeloupe cucumber, abobrinha-do-mato, cereja-de-purga, concombre de Guadeloupe, djungelgurka, guardião, hängmelotgurka, k'um-tulub, melão-de-beija-flor, melão-de-morcego, pepinello, pepino-bravo, pipino-silvestre, riippaviidakkokurkku, tayuya-miúdo, アメリカスズメウリ, 垂果瓜, 垂瓜果
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).: Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.: Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).: Cucurbitales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.: Melothria
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.: pendula
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.: species
Reference species: Melothria pendula
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.: accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.: Not available.

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Interacciones documentadas

GloBI says it is documented somewhere in the world. Biolitica answers whether it could happen here.

A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 10 of 10 interacts with (this species is the record's origin) × is a host of × interacts with (this species is the record's destination) × has its flowers visited by × is eaten by × is adjacent to (this species is the record's origin) × is adjacent to (this species is the record's destination) × has as a vector × is pollinated by × is visited by ×

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interacts with 30 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Least Pepperwort Lepidium virginicum Brassicaceae	interacts with	1	no location
1 source · 1 record 4f950c88-fc8c-11e7-8630-a380f6210c46 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usgs-bison Context: Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge; Headquarters and boardwalk areas, Deep Fork NWR · no date published · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Side-oats Grama Bouteloua curtipendula Poaceae	interacts with	1	no location
1 source · 1 record 409ce3e0-fc8c-11e7-b1f2-2b59a3bcfd24 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usgs-bison Context: Kegelman AAF; near abandoned taxiway on Kegelman AAF · 0008-01-01T00:00:00Z · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Drooping Brome Bromus tectorum Poaceae	interacts with	1	no location
1 source · 1 record 405db710-fc8c-11e7-b191-b73004797d51 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usgs-bison Context: Ft Sill Reservation; Ambrosia Spring on the Ft Sill Reservation · 0008-01-01T00:00:00Z · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Green Ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica Oleaceae	interacts with	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://biorepo.neonscience.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1159805 Published in globalbioticinteractions/neon-biorepo Context: Ozarks Complex (D08), Lenoir Landing NEON (LENO), Out of NEON distributed plot LENO_R_007 near SE corner · July 13, 2023 · Preserved specim… A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is a host of 19 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Uromyces novissimus Pucciniaceae	is a host of	50	not compared
50 sources · 53 records Stevenson, J.A.. 1975. Fungi of Puerto Rico and the American Virgin Islands. Contr. Reed Herb. 23:743 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Record contexts (sample): Virgin Islands · no date published; Puerto Rico · no date published Baker, R.E.D., and Dale, W.T.. 1948. Fungi of Barbados and the Windward Islands.. Mycol. Pap. 25:1-26 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Record contexts (sample): Barbados · no date published; Grenada · no date published Berndt, R.. 2013. Revision of the rust genus %Uromyces% on Cucurbitaceae. Mycologia 105:760-780 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Record contexts (sample): Cuba · no date published; United States · no date published https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=702051 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Mayaguez · March 6, 1916 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=702052 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Rio Piedras Dreir's Farm · April 22, 1916 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=702053 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Rio Piedras · Jan. 11, 1917 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=702054 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Rio Piedras · Jan. 11, 1917 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=702055 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Utuado · Nov. 8, 1913 · Preserved specimen And 42 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
BOLD:AAA0497 Crambidae	is a host of	7	not compared
7 sources · 7 records http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHAMA914-06 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Pasmompa · Feb. 8, 2005 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHAMA915-06 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Pasmompa · March 3, 2005 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHAMA916-06 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Pasmompa · Feb. 28, 2005 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHAMA917-06 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Pasmompa · March 1, 2005 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHAMA919-06 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Pasmompa · Feb. 10, 2005 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHAMA920-06 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Pasmompa · Feb. 28, 2005 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHMYF1074-10 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Pailas, Gemelos · June 11, 2009 · Material sample A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Cucurbit Downy Mildew Pseudoperonospora cubensis Peronosporaceae	is a host of	3	no location
3 sources · 3 records Farr, David F.; Rossman, Amy Y.; Castlebury, Lisa A. (2021). United States National Fungus Collections Fungus-Host Dataset. Ag Data Commons. https://doi.org/10.15482/USDA.ADC/1524414. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host/archive/47a3882c0c536… Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: United States · no date published Alfieri Jr., S.A., Langdon, K.R., Wehlburg, C., and Kimbrough, J.W.. 1984. Index of Plant Diseases in Florida (Revised). Florida Dept. Agric. and Consumer Serv., Div. Plant Ind. Bull. 11:1-389 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: United States · no date published Arnold, G.R.W.. 1986. Lista de Hongos Fitopatogenos de Cuba. Ministerio de Cultura Editorial Cientifico-Tecnica :207 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Cuba · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
BOLD:AAE7599 Crambidae	is a host of	3	not compared
3 sources · 3 records http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHMYF1072-10 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Pailas, Gemelos · June 13, 2009 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHMYF1073-10 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Pailas, Gemelos · June 12, 2009 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHMYI1822-10 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Pailas, Gemelos · June 13, 2009 · Material sample A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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interacts with 13 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
peppervine Nekemias arborea Vitaceae	interacts with	1	no location
1 source · 1 record 4e7a4994-fc8c-11e7-bf3c-8f0ae0144145 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usgs-bison Context: University of Oklahoma Biological Station; 0.25 mi W of UOBS along Lake Texoma · no date published · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Least Pepperwort Lepidium virginicum Brassicaceae	interacts with	1	no location
1 source · 1 record 4f9e5b80-fc8c-11e7-af7d-6f3c6563d578 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usgs-bison Context: Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge; Headquarters and boardwalk areas, Deep Fork NWR · no date published · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
yellow passionflower Passiflora lutea Passifloraceae	interacts with	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record 09e6f64c-fc8c-11e7-b26d-67343e6e75e7 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usgs-bison Context: Talihina; Ca. 2.5 mi NW of Talihina at Lake Talihina · 0008-01-01T00:00:00Z · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Prostrate Sandmat Euphorbia prostrata Euphorbiaceae	interacts with	1	no location
1 source · 1 record f9087a4e-fc8b-11e7-9b03-4748ad017d53 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usgs-bison Context: The University of Oklahoma's Kessler Atmospheric and Ecological Field Station, Purcell, OK · 0008-01-01T00:00:00Z · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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Flower visit

has its flowers visited by 10 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. Visiting a flower is not pollinating it. «Pollinates» is a different term and a different block, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens Apidae	has its flowers visited by	2	not compared
2 sources · 2 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/314379212 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 16, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/314387743 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 16, 2025 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Eurema westwoodii Pieridae	has its flowers visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/260374552 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 21, 2025 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Julia Dryas iulia Nymphalidae	has its flowers visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/39115526 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 22, 2020 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Long-tailed Skipper Urbanus proteus Hesperiidae	has its flowers visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/140312856 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 28, 2022 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is eaten by 6 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis Thraupidae	is eaten by	2	not compared
2 sources · 3 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66077028 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · Nov. 28, 2020 · Human observation; no place published · Nov. 28, 2020 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66181614 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Nov. 28, 2020 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Squash Lady Beetle Epilachna borealis Coccinellidae	is eaten by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/310617052 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 31, 2025 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri Psittaculidae	is eaten by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/376795839 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 12, 2026 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus Mimidae	is eaten by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/93778283 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 5, 2021 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is adjacent to 1 organism

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
juniper Juniperus Cupressaceae	is adjacent to	1	no location	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
1 source · 1 record 409e9190-fc8c-11e7-89bd-0f8ecbabc28f Published in globalbioticinteractions/usgs-bison Context: Norman; University of Oklahoma Campus; E of the Old Chemistry Building on the North Oval on the University of Oklahoma Campus · 0009-01-01T… A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is adjacent to 1 organism

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Uromyces novissimus Pucciniaceae	is adjacent to	5	not compared
5 sources · 5 records https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=3649532 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Vero Beach · Oct. 14, 1956 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2131859 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Yauco · Oct. 3, 1913 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2131860 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Rosario · Oct. 27, 1913 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2131861 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Utuado · Nov. 8, 1913 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2131863 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: San German · Dec. 12, 1913 · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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has as a vector 1 organism

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Bat Chiroptera	has as a vector	1	not compared	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at order level.
1 source · 1 record Medellín, R. A. & R. A. Gaona. 1999. Seed dispersal by bats and birds in forest and disturbed habitats of Chiapas, México. Biotropica 31 (3): 478-485. Published in globalbioticinteractions/batbase Context: Chajul Tropical Biology Station, Selva Lacandona · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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Pollination

is pollinated by 1 organism

This term declares that the organism benefits this species. «Visits the flowers of» is a different term and a different block: a visitor is not a pollinator, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Rusty-tailed Stingless bee Trigona ferricauda Apidae	is pollinated by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Ugo Mendes Diniz, Alexander Keller, Gunnar Brehm, Sabine Fernanda Viteri Lalama, Kilian Frühholz, Maximilian Pitz, Julia Windl, Santiago Erazo, Santiago Fernando Burneo, Marco Tschapka, Sara Diana Leonhardt; The neglected pollinators: settling moths are keystone floral visitors … Published in globalbioticinteractions/mendes-diniz-2025 Context: Ecuador · March 24, 2023 A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is visited by 1 organism

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Zebra Longwing Heliconius charithonia Nymphalidae	is visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/91434441 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 16, 2021 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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Interaction data from Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI), GloBI 0.11. Each row keeps the citation its own study published.

Interactions are published at species level: they are not resolved by variety or race.

Each block is headed by the source's own term, read from this species' end — not by a category of ours. Two similar terms are not merged.

«Documented here» means the interaction was observed in this territory. It is not evidence that the species is here, and it does not enter the niche model.

Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

Uses and recommendations that a source documents for this species beside a crop, each in its own context. They are the source's statements, not traits of the species and not Biolítica's recommendations, and none of them is a relation between two species.

Among the sources you can read, none documents a use or recommendation of this species beside a crop.