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Cionosicys excisus

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

(Grisebach) C. Jeffrey

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Cayman Isdlands
• W. Cuba
• Guatemala
• SE. Mexico

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed area
• forest edge
• secondary forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Mar
• May
• Jun
• Nov
• Dec

Annual herbaceous vine or creeper with trifid tendrils, white to pale green-yellow flowers, corolla hairy inside & 50mm spherical red fruit striped & spotted yellow, foliage glabrous above and sparsely scabrous-punctulate beneath

Further References

• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• CPC