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Gurania makoyana

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

(Lemaire) Cogniaux

Propagation

S.

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• SE. Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• rain forest
• riverside

Flowering Times

• All Year

Fruiting Times

• All year

Large vigorous twining tendril vine, hairs acute & prickly on all parts of plant, herbaceous evergreen tendril climbing vine with pilose stems. Trilobed to 7-lobed pilose denticulate leaves. 10mm red or yellow & orange flowers, pilose sepals to 40mm long, spiky bracts, 80mm green fruits.

Further References

• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• NYBG
• Llamas 2003
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• Standley