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Wild Cucumber - Echinocystis lobata Habitat: Mixed forest Echinocystis,Echinocystis lobata,Fall,Geotagged,Prickly cucumber,United States Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Wild Cucumber - Echinocystis lobata

Habitat: Mixed forest

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    Calbost Niel
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    A new one for me Posted one year ago
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      Christine Young
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      It was my first time seeing the fruit. Usually, I just find the dried-up, brown pods. Posted one year ago

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The Prickly cucumber

"Echinocystis" is a monotypic genus in the gourd/melon/cucumber family Cucurbitaceae, with the sole species "Echinocystis lobata", commonly called "wild cucumber", "prickly cucumber", or "balsam apple".

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Similar species: Begonias, Gourds
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Apr 5, 2024. Captured Oct 9, 2022 10:11 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 90D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/664s
  • ISO800
  • 100mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.

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