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Cayaponia quinqueloba

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

(Rafinesque) Shinners

Common Names

• Fivelobe Cucumber

Geographical Habitats

• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Florida
• Georgia
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Oklahoma
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Texas - USA

Natural Habitats

• Streamside

Flowering Times

• May-Sep (USA)

Fruiting Times

Herbaceous tendril vine with angled climbing stems to 6m, with simple or branched tendrils. Thick scabrous 3-angled or 3-lobed toothed leaves to 100mm across. Axillary staminate & pistillate flowers together, triangular sepals to 3mm long, yellow or greenish-white corolla to 60mm across. Crimson or orange berry to 20mm long.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• WFO
• USDA
• FOSEUS