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Sicyos sertulifer

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

Cogniaux

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• SW. Mexico

Natural Habitats

• River bottoms

Flowering Times

• Jan-Feb (Mexico)

Fruiting Times

• Dec

Vigorous liana with pubescent or glabrate branches, 4-5 parted tendrils. Leaves to 75mm long, somewhat 3-5 lobed, scabrous above & puberulent beneath. Umbels of 20-30 minute pale yellow flowers. Bristly fruit, angulate-dentate at margins.

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• USNH