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Wild Cucumber Seed Capsule

Marah macrocarpus

Description:

Hollow fruit casing with four chambers. The plant can be seen at my other spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/844...

Habitat:

Hillside along trail in Daley Ranch

Notes:

Aka Cucamonga Manroot

1 Species ID Suggestions

jprat001
jprat001 12 years ago
wild cucumber?
Marah macrocarpus wild cucumber?


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2 Comments

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

Hi jprat001, thank you! According to Calflora and Wikipedia, its common name is Cucamonga Manroot although I've only heard it called Wild Cucumber. I guess I'll mention both in the description. :)

jprat001
jprat001 12 years ago

not sure about the species, but im pretty sure its a type of wild cucumber. they have a HUGE storage unit for water.

Escondido, California, USA

Spotted on Jan 24, 2012
Submitted on Jan 24, 2012

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