| Accepted name: |
Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & A. Gray |
| Synonym(s): |
-Micrampelis lobata (Michx.) Greene
-Momordica echinata Muhlenb.
-Sicyos lobata Michx.
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| English names: |
Prickly Cucumber
Wild Cucumber
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| French names: |
Éhinocystis lobé
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Violales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HECHLO
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
A |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Compound containing root used as a universal remedy for all sicknesses(3). |
| Key Characters: |
- |
