Index / Search / Cayaponia quinqueloba
§1 Plant
Cayaponia quinqueloba (Raf.) Shinners
vernacular fivelobe cucumber — species · Cucurbitaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Annual, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Cayaponia
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 105 counties across 13 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 105 counties across 13 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Bienville 22013
- Caddo 22017
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Jackson 22049
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Washington 22117
- West Feliciana 22125
Mississippi view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 5 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAQU3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2874615 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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