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Indian cucumber
Medeola virginiana
About
Medeola virginiana, known as Indian cucumber, cucumber root, or Indian cucumber-root, is an eastern North American plant species in the lily family, Liliaceae. It is the only currently recognized plant species in the genus Medeola. It grows in the understory of forests. The plant bears edible rhizomes that have a mild cucumber-like flavor.
- Family
- Liliaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Medeola virginiana
- Slug
- medeola-virginiana
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Liliaceae
- Genus
- Medeola
- Species
- virginiana
- Wikidata QID
- Q3332733
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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