Index / Search / Melothria pendula
§1 Plant
Melothria pendula L.
vernacular Guadeloupe cucumber — species · Cucurbitaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Melothria
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 459 counties across 20 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 459 counties across 20 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Chambers 01017
- Choctaw 01023
- Cleburne 01029
- Colbert 01033
- Coosa 01037
- Covington 01039
- Dallas 01047
- Escambia 01053
- Hale 01065
- Jackson 01071
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Macon 01087
- Mobile 01097
- Montgomery 01101
- Pickens 01107
- Pike 01109
- Talladega 01121
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
Arkansas view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Carroll 05015
- Craighead 05031
- Dallas 05039
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Hempstead 05057
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Marion 05089
- Monroe 05095
- Montgomery 05097
- Perry 05105
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Sebastian 05131
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Hamilton 12047
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
Georgia view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Ben Hill 13017
- Camden 13039
- Chatham 13051
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- Decatur 13087
- Echols 13101
- Elbert 13105
- Harris 13145
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Jenkins 13165
- Lee 13177
- Lowndes 13185
- McIntosh 13191
- Morgan 13211
- Murray 13213
- Oconee 13219
- Randolph 13243
- Thomas 13275
- Whitfield 13313
Illinois view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Amite 28005
- Bolivar 28011
- Choctaw 28019
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Humphreys 28053
- Lafayette 28071
- Leake 28079
- Lee 28081
- Leflore 28083
- Madison 28089
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Pontotoc 28115
- Prentiss 28117
- Quitman 28119
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Sharkey 28125
- Tallahatchie 28135
- Tate 28137
- Union 28145
- Washington 28151
- Winston 28159
- Yazoo 28163
Missouri view state ↗ 12 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Brunswick 37019
- Camden 37029
- Carteret 37031
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Craven 37049
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Hyde 37095
- Jones 37103
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
Oklahoma view state ↗ 22 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 20 N ▾
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Fairfield 45039
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Chester 47023
- Davidson 47037
- DeKalb 47041
- Giles 47055
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Hickman 47081
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sullivan 47163
- Williamson 47187
Texas view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Aransas 48007
- Atascosa 48013
- Bastrop 48021
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Bowie 48037
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Burleson 48051
- Caldwell 48055
- Calhoun 48057
- Cameron 48061
- Cass 48067
- Chambers 48071
- Collin 48085
- Comal 48091
- DeWitt 48123
- Fannin 48147
- Galveston 48167
- Gillespie 48171
- Grayson 48181
- Gregg 48183
- Hardin 48199
- Harris 48201
- Hays 48209
- Henderson 48213
- Hidalgo 48215
- Jackson 48239
- Jefferson 48245
- Karnes 48255
- Kenedy 48261
- Kimble 48267
- Kinney 48271
- Kleberg 48273
- Leon 48289
- Madison 48313
- McLennan 48309
- Milam 48331
- Montgomery 48339
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Nueces 48355
- Orange 48361
- Parker 48367
- Red River 48387
- Robertson 48395
- Sabine 48403
- San Augustine 48405
- San Jacinto 48407
- San Saba 48411
- Starr 48427
- Tarrant 48439
- Titus 48449
- Travis 48453
- Trinity 48455
- Val Verde 48465
- Victoria 48469
- Walker 48471
- Waller 48473
- Washington 48477
- Webb 48479
- Wheeler 48483
- Williamson 48491
Virginia view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Amherst 51009
- Bedford 51019
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Dickenson 51051
- Franklin 51067
- Gloucester 51073
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Mathews 51115
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince George 51149
- Rockbridge 51163
- Surry 51181
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MEPE3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2874550 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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