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Cayaponia bonariensis

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

(Miller) Martinez Crovetto

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• N. Argentina
• Bolivia
• Minas Gerais
• Paraná
• Rio Grande do Sul
• São Paulo - Brazil
• Paraguay
• Uruguay

Natural Habitats

• Thicket
• forest edge
• montane
• secondary forest
• lakeside
• pampas

Flowering Times

• Jul-Aug (Brazil)

Fruiting Times

• Dec

Dioecious bifid or rarely trifid monoecious tendril climber with 3-5-lobed leaves to 200mm x 180mm. Axillary male racemes of greenish-white flowers to 15mm wide, flowers with sepals to 3mm x 1mm, petals to 6.4mm x 6mm. Female flowers greenish-white in axillary groups of 1-2, sepals to 1.5mm x 0.5mm. petals to 3.5mm x 2.5mm. Purple-brown glabrescent fruit 12mm x 8mm.

Further References

• NYBG
• Mobot
• FB
• WFO
• Botanicus
• Fl do Brasil