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Echinocystis lobata
To 20 feet. Climbing vine. It is a cousin of the garden cucumber, but the fruit is inedible. When the fruit ripens the fibers burst and hurle the four seeds as far as 20 ft or more.
Streambanks, moist woods, marshes.
Spotted on Sep 6, 2013
Submitted on Sep 6, 2013
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