PARASICYOS DIETERLEAE
Author:
Rafael Saade & Rafael Colin, 1991
Family:
CUCURBITACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Lira, & Torres, R. (1991). In: Acta Bot. Mex. 16: 98.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
12 Centimetres
Height:
4 Meters
Propagate:
Seeds
CITES:
Synonyms:
By mistake?: Parasicyos dieterlea
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.
Flower
Greenish-White
Soil
Mix
Water
Medium
Sun
Medium