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Cucumber, Striped; Native Bryony |
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| Vernacular name | Striped Cucumber | |
| Scientific name | Diplocyclos palmatus (L.) C.Jeffrey | |
| Family | ||
| Season | Kharif | |
| Description | ||
| Plant | A slender vine not exceeding a stem diameter of 2 cm. | |
| Leaves | Leaf blades deeply palmately lobed with 5 major lobes, petioles long. Unpleasant odour when crushed. Upper surface clothed in scattered scabrid hairs. Tendrils 2- branched, leaf-opposed. | Photo Gallery |
| Flower | Usually one female flower and three male flowers in each leaf axil. Hypanthium, calyx lobes long, bases inflated, lobes spreading. Petals long, densely hairy on the inner surface. | |
| Fruit/ seed | Fruits ovoid to ellipsoid, surface ornamented with irregular longitudinal markings. Seeds about 6-10 per fruit, seed irregularly shaped, vaguely like tear drops or bird skulls. | |
| Habitat and distribution | Fence, boundaries walls | |
| Flowering and fruiting | September-December | |
| Associated with | Vine flora | |
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