What are wild cucumbers?

wild cucumbers are members of one of two groups of plants with this common name. Both are natives from North America. Members of the Marah , together called wild cucumbers, are located on the west coast from the British Columbia south through California and nearby states. echinocystis lobata is found in all Canadian provinces and in most American states outside California. Both plants are members of cucubitceae, or cucumbers, family, with climbing vineyards and barbed fruit that resemble garden cucumber plants but are not edible.

species in the family Marah , wild cucumbers found on the west coast of North America, are permanent grapes that grow from a very large underground tuber. These tubers can weigh up to £ 100 (45.5 kg) in some species and are a source of alternative common name "Manroot". These wild cucumbers occur mainly in dry areas, including Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona. General General under 6,000 feet (probably1 829 m) at a height.

The wild cucumbers of this genus are climbing grapes that use twining tendrils to climb through the bushes and trees. The leaves are large, with five to seven lobes or rounded divisions that are divided by smaller lobes. Small white cup flowers have five petals every five petals. The fruits are round to oval in the shape of an oval and range from 1.5 to 8 inches (about 4 to 20 cm) depending on the type and growth conditions. The fruit of the fruit covers the fruit that the seeds are split and spilled when they are mature.

echinocystis lobata, other species of wild cucumber, is located in Canada and in most of the United States, with the exception of California, Nevada and States in the southeast. Alternative common names include wild fake cucumber, prickly cucumber and wild balsam Apple. This kind of wild cucumber grows fastest in areas with high soil moisture including swamp and along rivers, as well as in the land and forests of shrubs with sufficient collision.

These wild cucumbers are annual vines and, like the chefs of the family, have a tendency to rise shrub and trees. They have thick stems and large leaves in the shape of stars with five divisions. In groups along the vine grow small white white six -clay flowers. Female flowers are slightly larger and scattered with more numerous male flowers. Green round fruits are 1 to 2 inches (about 2.5 to 5 cm) and are strongly covered with spine. When the fruit opens and eliminates four hard dry seeds.