Check List 20(2): 553-558, doi: 10.15560/20.2.553
Melothria pendula L. (Cucurbitaceae): first report from Java and range extension in Sumatra, Indonesia
Iin Pertiwi A. Husaini‡, Aulia Hasan Widjaya‡, Saripudin Saripudin‡, Ponco Yuliyanto§, Dian Latifah‡, Arifin Surya Dwipa Irsyam|, Dian Rosleine|, Muhammad Rifqi Hariri‡‡ National Research and Innovation Agency, Cibinong, Indonesia§ National Research and Innovation Agency, Gunungkidul, Indonesia| Institut Teknologi Bandung, Sumedang, Indonesia
Corresponding author: Arifin Surya Dwipa Irsyam ( arifin@sith.itb.ac.id ) Academic editor: Nik Fadzly N Rosely © Iin Pertiwi A. Husaini, Aulia Hasan Widjaya, Saripudin Saripudin, Ponco Yuliyanto, Dian Latifah, Arifin Surya Dwipa Irsyam, Dian Rosleine, Muhammad Rifqi Hariri. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Husaini IPA, Widjaya AH, Saripudin, Yuliyanto P, Latifah D, Irsyam ASD, Rosleine D, Hariri MR (2024) Melothria pendula L. (Cucurbitaceae): first report from Java and range extension in Sumatra, Indonesia. Check List 20(2): 553-558. https://doi.org/10.15560/20.2.553 |  |
Abstract
Melothria L. (Cucurbitaceae) is a Neotropical genus of wild cucumber comprising 12 species. The only species that occurs in Malesia is M. pendula L., which has been recorded in Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, mainland Sumatra, the Philippines, Sulawesi, and Bali. During our botanical excursions in Bangka and West Java from 2020 to 2022, we discovered naturalized populations of M. pendula. Our findings reveal that M. pendula has an extensive distribution in Sumatra and is a newly recorded wild cucumber in Java. We present a morphological description, photographs, and a brief discussion.
Keywords
Alien plant, Benincaseae, Malesia, naturalized, wild cucumber