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Javan Cucumber Seeds
Tabin, Sabah (2015).
These seeds were bigger than my hand. The plant is a gourd-bearing liane, belonging to the pumpkin family from the tropical Asian forests of the Malay Archipelago and the Indonesian islands.
Habitat:
Tabin, near Lipa Volcano, Sabah.
''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' or ''Javan cucumber'' is a gourd-bearing liane, belonging to the pumpkin family from the tropical Asian forests of the Malay Archipelago and the Indonesian islands. ''Alsomitra'' is a genus of 12 species of vines found in Southeast Asia, Australia and South America.
The fruits or pepos are also remarkable in that they are football-sized and bell-shaped, suspended high in the forest canopy, and densely packed with large numbers of papery winged seeds, falling from.. more
