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Cucurbitella asperata

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

(Gillies ex Hooker) Walpers

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• N. Argentina
• Bolivia
• S. Brazil
• Chile
• Paraguay
• Uruguay

Natural Habitats

• Shrubland
• disturbed areas

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• May
• Dec

Monoecious rarely dioecious trailing or climbing vine with unpleasant odour & 10mm long light yellow flowers in 30mm inflorescences, male flowers in racemes, female flowers solitary, striped green fruit 30mm x 30mm with shallow grooves, simple tendrils, glabrous stems, palmate leaves dotted on both surfaces, pinnatifid leaf segments

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus