bres vulgares: pepino redondo, pepino morado. Cultivado.’* November 
1856, J. Triana 3855/65. Bogoté, Chapinero. ‘*‘Nombre vulgare: 
pepino morado. Cultivado.’’ E, Peres-Arbeldez 2507.— Departamento 
del Huila, Parque Arqueolégico de San Agustin, altitude about 1700 
m. *‘Nombre vulgar: pepino. Corolla blanea.** R. Romero-Castaneda 
6709,—Comisaria del Putumayo, road from Sachamates to Mocoa, 
above road camp “‘El Pepino,’’ altitude about 4200 feet. ‘‘Cultivated. 
Common name: pepino.’’ December 9, 1941, R. EF. Schultes & C. E, 
Smith 3046. 
Solanum muricatum, known from the Andean regions 
trom Chile north to Colombia, has been cultivated since 
pre-Columbian times in the temperate highlands between 
4200 and 7500 feet. A domesticated plant, it is repre- 
sented now by several distinct cultivated forms, differing 
primarily in the fruit. (Popenoe, W.: ‘‘ Economic fruit- 
bearing plants of Ecuador’’ in Contrib. U.S. Nat. Herb. 
24 (1924) 188; U.S. Dept. Agric. Bur. Pl]. Ind.: ‘‘In- 
ventory of seeds and plants imported by the Office of 
Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction during the period 
trom Jan. 1 to March 81, 19177" (Jan. 80, 1922) 17.) It 
is most commonly known as pepino (*‘cucumber’’) but 
it has other names, such as pepo in Lima, in reference to 
the shape of the fruit. In Colombia, it is referred to 
usually as pepino morado or pepino redondo. 
Solanum muricatum, although described by Aiton as 
native to Chile and Peru, is native probably to Ecuador 
(where it appears to be most variable today) and was 
spread southward through human activity. In Colom- 
bia, its range is restricted essentially to the southern 
parts of the country, although it may occasionally be 
cultivated in the north (Perez-Arbeliez, E.: ‘‘Plantas 
utiles de Colombia,” ed. 8 (1956) 709). It now occurs 
in Middle America, where it has doubtlessly been dis- 
tributed in relatively recent times (Standley, P. C.: in 
Ann. Rept. Smithson. Inst. 1922 (1922) 817). It is an 
erect, usually spineless shrubby herb up to 2 or 8 feet in 
