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Melothria cucumis
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Melothria cucumis is a species of flowering plant in the cucurbit family native to Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and parts of Argentina and Brazil. It is a herbaceous vine which produces oblong-ovoid green fruits 3–4 cm (1.2–1.6 in) long and 2–2.5 cm (0.8–1.0 in) wide. Plants use tendrils to climb.
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Melothria cucumis
- Slug
- melothria-cucumis
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Melothria
- Species
- cucumis
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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