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Sicana odorifera

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

(Velloso) Naudin

Common Names

• Curuba
• Curua
• Coroa
• Cassabanana
• Calabaza Melón (Spanish)
• Melocotón (Spanish)
• Melón de Olor (Spanish)
• Pepino Angolo
• Casabana
• Pepino

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• São Paulo - Brazil
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed areas
• forests.

Flowering Times

• All year (Nicaragua)

Fruiting Times

• All year (Nicaragua)

High-climbing annual herbaceous climber or trailer with trifid to 5-fid tendrils. 3-lobed glabrous denticulate leaves. 50 mm long inflorescence of 40mm long tomentose yellowish unisexual flowers or solitary, tomentulose calyx with tube 8mm long & lobes to 12mm x 8mm, fleshy tomentulose corolla with lobes to 20mm x 12mm. 600mm x 100mm yellow berry aging orange or purple-red

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• NYBG
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• VOPR
• FOPE