Marah fabacea (Naudin) Greene

Species

Angiosperms > Cucurbitales > Cucurbitaceae > Marah

Characteristics

Leaf blades shallowly 5–7-lobed, 5–10 cm wide, <surfaces not glaucous>. Flowers: sepals (pistillate) vestigial; petals 3–5 mm (pistillate) or 1.5–2.5 mm (staminate), corolla yellowish green to cream-yellow or (especially inland) white, rotate; staminodia absent in pistillate flowers. Capsules yellowish green at maturity, globose, 4–5 cm, surface sparsely to densely echinate, spinules rigid or flexible, 4–12 mm. Seeds 1–4, oblong-ovate, ± compressed, 15–20 mm. 2n = 32.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
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Sexuality monoecy
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 5.0
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Environment

Streamsides, washes, coastal strand, rock outcrops, cliff bases, ledges, grasslands, chaparral, oak woodlands, riparian woodlands, open hillsides, roadsides, powerline cuts; at elevations from 20-1,400 metres.
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Usage

Uses medicinal oil
Edible fruits leaves roots
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

Flower

Marah fabacea flower picture by sophie v (cc-by-sa)
Marah fabacea flower picture by Jeff Harris (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Marah fabacea world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:152827-2
WFO ID wfo-0001300992
COL ID 3XY82
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Echinocystis inermis Echinocystis fabacea Echinocystis scabrida Megarrhiza californica Marah inermis Micrampelis fabacea Echinocystis fabacea var. inermis Marah fabacea Micrampelis fabacea var. agrestis Marah fabacea var. agrestis Marah fabacea var. fabacea Micrampelis fabaceus var. agrestis Echinocystis fabacea var. agrestis