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Wild cucumber is a climbing and trailing perennial that grows from a large woody or fleshy underground root weighing as much as 100lbs. It is because of this root that it is sometimes called manroot, and also that it is one of the first plants to reseed after a fire.
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Wild cucumber is known by many names, some of which are: prickly cucumber, wild balsam apple, balsam apple, creeping jenny, four-seeded bur cucumber and concombre grimpant. It exists throughout North America as a trailing vine that can be up to six metres long.
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Wild Cucumber - Echinocystis lobata - wildflower photos and quick reference ... Wild Cucumber Echinocystis lobata ... This is a very common wildflower and grows unnoticed in many north country backyards. Wild Cucumber prefers moist soil and shade most of the day. It is very similar to Bur-Cucumber (Sicyos angulatus)
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Wild Cucumber (Balsam-apple, Bur Cucumber) Echinocystis lobata ... Wild cucumber looks similar to bur cucumber, a related vine. Wild cucumber flowers generally have six petals; bur cucumber flowers have five. ... Connecticut Botanical Society...
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Manroot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Scientific name: Marah spp. (Wild Cucumber Family: Cucurbitaceae); Other common name: Man-root ... Wild cucumbers, also called man-roots, are perennial broadleaf vines that may seasonally die back above ground. ... Cucumis myriocarpus is also sometimes called wild cucumber and it has somewhat large green fruit.
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WILD CUCUMBER AND BUR CUCUMBER ... Wild cucumber and bur cucumber are annual weeds not generally found in home landscapes, but they can spread from infested adjacent areas. Because the vines can climb and almost engulf trees, they are more of a problem in shelterbelts and rural areas.
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A thread in the Plant and Tree Identification forum, titled SOLVED: Wild Cucumber like vine ... i thought this was a wild cucumber but the photo's i seen on the web dont look like this one, never seen it before, please help in identify. thanks sue...
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Re: wild cucumber ... I was under the impression that wild cucumber was toxic, so I wouldn't eat it until I was sure of what it was. ... This is related to the man root (wild cucumber) and is the only one with a big enough fruit that occurs in the Sierras. I'm really curious, so if you look it up and it matches was you saw let...
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