Cucumis flexuosus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1437. 1763.

"Habitat in India?" RCN: 7338.

Lectotype (Kirkbride, Biosyst. Monogr. Cucumis: 104. 1993): [icon] " Cucumeres longissimi " in Bauhin & Cherler, Hist. Pl. Univ. 2: 247, 248. 1651.

Current name: Cucumis melo L. ( Cucurbitaceae).