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Photo by Himmel Huber.


The female flowers by Jan Sørensen, Gbif.org.


The caudex of a two year old plant by  Dr Jeremy Burgess, Sciencephoto.com.


A larger caudex from Danielle Gunn, Extension.uidaho.edu.

Author: 

Carl von Linnaeus, 1753

Family: 

CUCURBITACEAE

Origin: 

Albania, Altay, Austria, Bulgaria, Western Russia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Northern Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia

Soil: 

Mix - Rich

Water: 

Medium

Sun: 

Maximum

Thickness: 

20 Centimetres

Height: 

7-12 Metres

Flower: 

Greenish-White - Pale Yellow

Propagate: 

Seeds

Names: 

White Bryony, Wild Hop, False Mandrake, English Mandrake, Wild Vine, Wild Nep, Tamus, Ladies' Seal, Tetterbury, Galdebær

Synonyms: 

Bryonia aspera, Steven ex Ledeb. 1812.
Bryonia dioica, M.Bieb.
Bryonia monoeca, E.H.L.Krause
Bryonia nigra, Gilib.
Bryonia vulgaris, Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.

This member of the Cucurbitaceae family was given this name by Carl von Linnaeus in 1753. It is found in Europe, England and northern Iran, growing in a well drained or rich soil with some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to 20 centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to seven or even twelve centimetres in height. The flowers are greenish-white to yellowish. It is monoecious but diclinous; separate male and female flowers.

The genre name; Bryonia  from bryein, meaning luxuriant growth. The species name means 'white' for the  - well; whitish flowers.


Male flower by Reinhard Bachmann, Gbif.org.


The leaves by Jan Sørensen, Gbif.org.


A large plant by William Bohl, Extension.uidaho.edu.


The fruits - hardly melons - by Aung, Wikipedia.org.