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Wild cucumber

Marah sp.

Photo by shebebusynow
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Field Notes

Description:

climbing vine with little white flowers, curlicue tendrils, large leaves. Develops a fruit that resembles the shape of a cucumber (green and spiny, too) but has a single large seed inside (see the upper right of the photo).

Habitat:

temperate rain forest, under trees

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