| Author: |
Ignatz
Urban, 1918 |
| Family: |
CUCURBITACEAE |
| Origin: |
Bolivia,
Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Netherlands
Antilles, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan
Antilles, Windward Island |
| Soil: |
Rich |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
30
Centimetres |
| Height: |
2
Meters |
| Flower:
|
White - Pale
Yellow |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings? |
| Names:
|
Lyan'
N Cucumber, Batard Apple-Hallier, Anguine corniculee, |
| Synonyms: |
Trichosanthes palmata,
Linnaeus. 1753.
Ceratosanthes corniculata, Cogn.
Ceratosanthes gracilis, Cogn.
Ceratosanthes latiloba, Cogn.
Ceratosanthes tuberosa, J.F.Gmel.
Trichosanthes corniculata, Lam.
Trichosanthes tuberosa, Willd. |
This member of the
Cucurbitaceae family was given this name by Ignatz
Urban in 1908. It is found in
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia,
French Guiana, Guyana, Netherlands Antilles, Suriname,
Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles and Windward Island, growing in
a rich soil with some water and
some sun. The caudex can grow up to 30 centimetres in diameter, the
wines reach for two meters. The flowers are white to pale yellow.
Name from Greek: Keratos
'a horn' and anthos 'a flower', alluding to the shape of the
petals. Palmata referring to the hand-like leaves.
Tribe Melothrieae,
subtribe Dendrosicyinae.
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