Cayaponia selysioides C.Jeffrey

Species

Angiosperms > Cucurbitales > Cucurbitaceae > Cayaponia

Characteristics

A pumpkin family plant. It is a vine. It can climb high. The leaves are divided like fingers on a hand into 3 lobes. The fruit is an oval berry 3-4 cm long by 2 cm wide. It is green to red. The pulp is yellow. It is edible. There are 3 dark brown seeds. These are about 1 cm long by 0.8 cm wide.
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A tropical plant. It grows in forests near rivers and on the edges of the rainforest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

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Edible fruits
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Distribution

Cayaponia selysioides world distribution map, present in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:50620-2
WFO ID wfo-0000591625
COL ID RYHQ
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INPN ID 733151
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Synonyms

Cayaponia selysioides