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Sicyos pachycarpus

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

Hooker & Arnott

Common Names

• Kupala (Hawaiian)

Geographical Habitats

• Hawaii - USA

Natural Habitats

• Coastal shrubland & forest
• disturbed areas
• volcanic slopes

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

• Apr (USA)

Perennial trifid-tendril vine with pilose stems. 2-7 lobed leaves puberulous or glabrous above scabrous beneath to 83mm x 85mm. 5mm diameter greenish-yellow flowers, female corolla lobes to 0.5mm long, male flowers in panicles, lobes to 2mm long. Brown or black bristly-beaked fruit to 12mm x 4.5mm.

Further References

• FOH
• NYBG
• Botanicus
• Gleason & Moldenke
• Smithsonian
• The Plant List 2