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Parasicyos maculatus

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

Dieterle

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Querétaro
• San Luis Potosi
• Tabasco - Mexico

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge
• forest remnant
• cut-over & second growth forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Jun

Fruiting Times

• Jan (Guatemala)

Herbaceous monoecious glabrous vine with trifid tendrils. 3-lobed leaves to 150mm long, scabrid above. Staminate flowers in panicle to 200mm long, yellowish-green flowers with corolla 8mm across. 53mm long x 30mm fleshy fruit green with paler green spots becoming brick red with green spots.

Further References

• Neotrop
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• Gleason & Moldenke