Echinopepon Naudin

Balsam apple (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Cucurbitales > Cucurbitaceae

Characteristics

Plants annual [perennial], monoecious, climbing; stems <annual>, hairy [glabrous]; taprooted with branching secondary roots or roots slender-fibrous; tendrils [2–]3-branched. Leaves: blade reniform to orbiculate, deeply to shallowly palmately 3–5-lobed or dissected, rarely subentire, lobes deltate or ovate-triangular or rounded, margins entire or denticulate [dentate], surfaces
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Growth form herb
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Sexuality monoecy
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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