Characteristics
A climbing herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It has tendrils. The stem is cylinder shaped. The leaves have 3 lobes and are thin. They are 2.5-5 cm long. The leaf stalk is thin and 3.5 cm long. It has 2-4 glands on it. The flowers occur singly and are 4-14 cm across. They have a thin stalk 2-4 cm long. The fruit are sweet and juicy. They are green but turn yellow when ripe.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
vine
|
| Growth support |
climber
|
| Foliage retention |
-
|
| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
|
| Pollination |
-
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| Spread |
-
|
| Mature width (meter) |
-
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| Mature height (meter) |
-
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
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| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
-
|
| Fruit color |
-
|
| Fruiting months |
-
|
| Nitrogen fixer |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
It is a subtropical plant. It grows naturally on the edges of forests in southern Brazil. In Argentina it grows below 500 m above sea level.
| Light |
-
|
| Soil humidity |
-
|
| Soil texture |
-
|
| Soil acidity |
-
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| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
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Usage
The fruit are eaten fresh.
| Uses |
medicinal
|
| Edible
|
fruits
|
| Therapeutic use
|
-
|
| Human toxicity |
-
|
| Animal toxicity |
-
|
Cultivation
Plants are grown from seed.
| Mode |
seedlings
|
| Germination duration (days) |
30 - 365
|
| Germination temperacture (C°) |
21 - 29
|
| Germination luminosity |
-
|
| Germination treatment |
soaking
|
| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Size |
-
|
| Vigor |
-
|
| Productivity |
-
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