Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :

• Melothria affinis King -> Zehneria marginata (Blume) Keraudren
• Melothria crassifolia Small -> Melothria pendula L. var. crassifolia (Small) Cogn.
• Melothria dulcis Wunderlin
• Melothria edulis Raf. -> Melothria pendula L.
• Melothria fluminensis Gardn. -> Melothria pendula L.
• Melothria guadalupensis (Spreng.) Cogn. -> Melothria pendula L. var. pendula
• Melothria heterophylla (Lour.) Cogn. -> Solena amplexicaulis (Lam.) Gandhi
• Melothria indica Lour. -> Zehneria indica (Lour.) Keraudren
• Melothria japonica (Thunb.) Maxim. ex Cogn. -> Zehneria japonica (Thunb.) H. Y. Liu
• Melothria japonica (Thunb.) Maxim. var. major Cogn. -> Zehneria japonica (Thunb.) H. Y. Liu
• Melothria leucocarpa (Blume) Cogn. -> Zehneria indica (Lour.) Keraudren
• Melothria maderaspatana (L.) Cogn. -> Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M. Roem.
• Melothria marlothii Cogn. -> Zehneria marlothii (Cogn.) R. Fern. & A. Fern.
• Melothria microcarpa Shuttl. -> Melothria pendula L. var. aspera Cogn.
• Melothria mucronata Cogn. -> Zehneria mucronata (Bume) Miq. <- This synonymy needs checking
• Melothria nashii Small -> Melothria pendula L. var. aspera Cogn.
• Melothria nigra Raf. -> Melothria pendula L.
• Melothria odorata Hook. f. & Thomson
• Melothria pendula L.
• Melothria pendula L. var. aspera Cogn.
• Melothria pendula L. var. crassifolia (Small) Cogn.
• Melothria pendula L. var. pendula
• Melothria perpusilla (Blume) Cogn. -> Zehneria maysorensis Wight. & Arn.
• Melothria regelii Naudin -> Zehneria japonica (Thunb.) H. Y. Liu
• Melothria scabra Naudin
• Melothria tomentosa L.
• Melothria trilobata Cogn.
• Melothria uliginosa Cogn.

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NEPALESE : Taariisokoto (Tarisokoto).

Possibly a synonym of Zehneria mucronata (Bume) Miq.

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SYNONYM(S) : Melothria nigra Raf., Melothria fluminensis Gardn., Melothria edulis Raf.

ENGLISH : Creeping cucumber, Drooping melonette, Guadeloupe cucumber, Squirting cucumber, Wild cucumber.

FRENCH : Melonettes.

SPANISH : Pepinillo silvestre.

SYNONYM(S) : Melothria microcarpa Shuttl., Melothria nashii Small

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SYNONYM(S) : Melothria crassifolia Small

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SYNONYM(S) : Melothria guadalupensis (Spreng.) Cogn.

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