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Echinopepon coulteri

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

(A.Gray) Rose

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Costa Rica
• Guatemala
• Mexico
• New Mexico - USA

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed areas
• thickets
• forest

Flowering Times

• Aug
• Dec

Fruiting Times

Tendril vine with hirsute stems. Angulate or 5-lobed hirsute denticulateleaves to 100mm long. 5-15 flowered staminate racemes, greenish flowers, valyx to 8mm wide with teeth 2mm long, villous corolla 7mm long & bristly fruit to 40mm x 20mm, spines to 18mm long.

Further References

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