Slender , much-branched climber , perennial herb with fleshy rootstock . Stems climbing or trailing , up to 5 m long or more ; young stems herbaceous , glabrous , becoming thickened and white-dotted on the ridges when older . Leaves simple , alternate , palmately 3-lobed , base cordate , lobes ovate to elliptic , margins speculate , scabrid , petiolate ; tendrils 2-fid . Inflorescence monoecious . Flowers white ; male flowers 4-5 in sessile clusters , axillary ; sepals linear ; petals white with green nerves ; female flowers solitary , 1–5 in the axils of leaves . Fruit solitary or in clusters of 2–5 on long stalks , subglobose , glabrous , green with silvery white longitudinal stripes or markings , turns bright red with maturity , smell unpleasant . Seeds 5 × 2 . 5–2 . 8 × 4 mm , few , brown , ovate . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
No Data
Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Bryonia palmata L.
Coccinia palmata (L.) M.Roem.
No data
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Native Bryony
Striped Cucumber
Lollipop Climber, Marble Vine
Not used traditionally.
*Ghazanfar, S. (2003). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.1: Piperaceae – Primulaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 90-72619-55-2 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://casabio.org *http://www.efloras.org *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
