Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

ID: 917

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# spp.: N/A (from genus_families table) | 2 (from names table)

Accepted: Accepted

Family: Cucurbitaceae

Family ja: ウリ

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Description en: Genus of 15 species of monoecious or dioecious, annual and perennial tendril climbers found in woodland and scrub from Indonesia and Malaysia to the Pacific islands. They are grown mainly for their colourful, ornamental, mostly ovoid or spherical gourd fruits, which are edible when young. The alternate leaves are ovate to rounded, and simple or palmately 3- to 9-lobed. Parasol-like, fringed, 5-lobed flowers are produced from the upper leaf axils in summer, the females singly, the males in racemes or, rarely, singly. In frost-prone areas, grow in a warm greenhouse; elsewhere, train over a pergola, arch, or tree stump.

Hardiness en: Frost tender.

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Propagation en: Sow seed at 20°C (68°F) in spring. Insert softwood cuttings with bottom heat in summer.

Pests en: Susceptible to red spider mites and whiteflies under glass.

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Comment: E. Asia, Pacific

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Update information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-07-05 11:41