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Wild Cucumber This is what the fruit of wild cucumber looks like after it has dropped its seeds.  The fruit is a pod-like container that is covered with spines and holds 4 seeds.  It kind of looks like a spiny watermelon.  It turns papery brown as seeds ripen. Once ripe, the bottom of the pod opens up, dropping the seed to the ground.  I found this pod in an anthropogenic area.<br />
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<figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/59248/wild_cucumber.html" title="Wild Cucumber"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/59248_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=hDSTZhmdOkVqgWRDW34lZGQxL00%3D" width="200" height="152" alt="Wild Cucumber The dried, wild cucumber pod has two oval shaped holes from which the seeds were released. <br />
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Wild Cucumber

This is what the fruit of wild cucumber looks like after it has dropped its seeds. The fruit is a pod-like container that is covered with spines and holds 4 seeds. It kind of looks like a spiny watermelon. It turns papery brown as seeds ripen. Once ripe, the bottom of the pod opens up, dropping the seed to the ground. I found this pod in an anthropogenic area.

Wild Cucumber The dried, wild cucumber pod has two oval shaped holes from which the seeds were released. <br />
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https://www.jungledragon.com/image/59247/wild_cucumber.html Echinocystis lobata,Geotagged,Prickly cucumber,Spring,United States,balsam apple,prickly cucumber,seed pod,wild cucumber,wild cucumber pod

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"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".

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

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Uploaded Apr 25, 2018. Captured Apr 13, 2018 12:47 in 80 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/8.0
  • 1/256s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm