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Cyclanthera langaei

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

Cogniaux

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Veracruz - Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge
• forest
• thickets

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Mar
• May
• Aug
• Nov
• Dec

Slender herbaceous tendril vine with villous stems. 5-7 foliolate dentate villous or glabrate leaves to 100mm long. Green-white to yellow flowers, calyx tube 3mm long, white corolla 2.5mm long. Densely aculeate soft-spined green fruit to 30mm long.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• Fedde
• Standley