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Field Notes

Description:

Some sort of gourd on a vine. They are about the size of a pingpong ball & turn orangish-red & smell bad

Habitat:

Central Texas woodland

Species ID Suggestions

Cowitch vine

Cissus incisa
RomeySwanson
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Lindheimer's globeberry, Balsam gourd, Globe berry, Snake apple

Ibervillea lindheimeri

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kgaukler
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Comments (6)
ScottRasmussen
It's probably Calabazilla or Buffalo Gourd, Cucurbita foetidissima, but the leaves look more deeply cut than is typical. The plants certainly smell bad. http://www.wnmu.edu/academic/nspages/gilaflora/cucurbita_foetidissima.html
Ashish
Look like a fruit of Cucumber/Gourd's family. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbitaceae In India we see similar Fruit called Malabar Gourd.
ValB.Salares
This looks like a Coccinia but I'm not sure of the species...

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Central Texas Biodiversity Survey
Photographed
PublishedMay 24, 2012

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