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|accepted_name=Cucumis dipsaceus
|accepted_authority=Ehrenberg
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in E. Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég.
|place=6: 211. 1838
|year=1838
}}
|common_names=Hedgehog or teasel gourd
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cucurbitaceae;Cucumis;Cucumis dipsaceus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cucurbitaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cucumis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Cucumis dipsaceus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 4, 34
|treatment_page=page 38
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants:</b> roots thin, without thick, woody rootstock. <b>Tendrils</b> proximally hispidulous, distally glabrous. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole weakly hispidulous to hispid; blade ovate to broadly ovate, unlobed to 3-lobate, 3–7.5(–12.5) × 2–7(–12) cm, length 1.1–1.5 times width, base cordate, lobes ovate to elliptic, margins serrate or entire. <b>Inflorescences</b>: pedicels of pistillate flowers and fruits cylindric; staminate flowers 1 or 2–7, usually in racemoid fascicles, rarely racemes; pistillate flowers: calyx lobes 5–6(–11) mm, petals 6–15 mm, corolla tube 1–1.5 mm, lobes glabrous inside. <b>Pepos</b> pale yellow, monocolor, ellipsoid to ellipsoid-cylindric or globose, 3.5–7 × 2.5–4 cm, densely echinate at maturity, spinules narrowly cylindric, mostly obscuring fruit surface, flesh light yellow. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul–Sep.
|habitat=Open shrublands, thicket edges, riparian corridors, stream banks, sandy and loamy soil
|elevation=50–100 m
|distribution=Tex.;Africa;introduced also in Mexico;Pacific Islands (Galapagos Islands;Hawaii);Australia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p><i>Cucumis dipsaceus</i> is documented as adventive in Texas by collections from Hidalgo and Webb counties. It is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental because of its distinctive fruits.</p>
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name=Cucumis dipsaceus
|authority=Ehrenberg
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cucurbitaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul–Sep.
|habitat=Open shrublands, thicket edges, riparian corridors, stream banks, sandy and loamy soil
|elevation=50–100 m
|distribution=Tex.;Africa;introduced also in Mexico;Pacific Islands (Galapagos Islands;Hawaii);Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=in E. Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég.
|publication year=1838
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Cucumis
|species=Cucumis dipsaceus
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