Author: |
Rafael Saade & Rafael Colin, 1991
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Family: |
CUCURBITACEAE |
Origin: |
Southern Mexico
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Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
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Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
12
Centimetres |
Height: |
4
Meters |
Flower:
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Greenish-White |
Propagate: |
Seeds |
Names:
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- |
Synonyms: |
By
mistake?: Parasicyos dieterlea |
This monoecious member of
the Cucurbitaceae was
described by Rafael Lira Saade and
Rafael Torres Colin in 1991. It is found in southern Mexico. In
needs a well drained soil, some water and some sun. The caudex is
large; twelve centimetres or more in diameter, and the vines will climb for four meters.
The flowers are greenish white.. The genera name from Latin
para; 'near' and Greek sicyos; 'cucumber' for the
apparent affinity with the genus Sicyos, another member of the
Cucurbitaceae family. The species name for Jennie van Ackeren
Dieterle; 1909-1999, an US-American botanist at the University of
Michigan Herbarium and Cucurbitaceae specialist.
Other genus: Parasicyos
maculatus Dieterle 1975, from Guatemala. Used for rat poison.
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