Marah horrida (Congdon) Dunn

Species

Angiosperms > Cucurbitales > Cucurbitaceae > Marah

Characteristics

Leaf blades deeply 5–7-lobed, 10–15 cm wide. Flowers: sepals (pistillate) filiform, 1 mm; petals 7–9 mm (pistillate) or 5–7 mm (staminate), corolla white, deeply cupulate to campanulate or campanulate-rotate; staminodia present in pistillate flowers. Capsules yellowish green to orange-yellow at maturity, short-ellipsoid to oblong, 9–15(–20) cm, surface densely echinate, spinules rigid, 5–35 mm. Seeds 6–16(–24), oblong to oblanceolate or ovate, flat at one end, slightly compressed, 26–32 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
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Usage

Uses medicinal
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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:152831-2
WFO ID wfo-0001300995
COL ID 3XY85
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Synonyms

Echinocystis horrida Marah horrida