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Bryonia cretica

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Albania
• Algeria
• Austria
• Belgium
• Bulgaria
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Egypt
• France
• Germany
• Great Britain
• Greece
• Hungary
• Italy
• Kazakhstan
• Lebanon
• Libya
• Morocco
• Netherlands
• Palestine
• Portugal
• Slovakia
• Spain
• Switzerland
• Syria
• Tadzhikistan
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Uzbekistan
• Yugoslavia

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Jul-Sep (Greece)

Fruiting Times

Simple-tendril climber to 2.9m with thick fleshy white root. 5-lobed large leaves to 100mm long. Dioecious pale yellow twin axillary female flowers, 5-toothed calyx. Red fruit to 10mm diameter.

Poisonous

Medicinal diuretic & cathartic uses

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• britanica.com
• EOL
• Readcube