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Daniel H. Janzen. Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund. Daniel H. Janzen. Year: 2010. Contact: djanzen@sas.upenn.edu.
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Whole Specimen. Catalog no.: BioBot11303. Specimen ID: 1966609. Field no.: BioBot11303. Taxon rep.: Rytidostylis carthaginensis. Image quality: 1. Aspect ratio: 1.499.
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Estepa sur de Zaragoza: Aragn (Espaa)Familia: CUCURBITACEAEDistribucin: Planta ampliamente distribuida por el Mediterrneo, que en la Pennsula Ibrica se encuentra en la mitad N de Espaa y todo Portugal. En Aragn aparece por las reas clidas y secas fundamentalmente de la Depresin del Ebro, aunque tambin se conoce del Sistema Ibrico y Prepirineo.Hbitat: Forma parte de comunidades nitrfilas en eriales, cunetas, escombreras cerca de construcciones humanas, campos de cultivo, etc.Preferencia edfica: Indiferente. Indiferente al sustrato, aunque tiene preferencia por los suelos margosos, limosos o arcillosos. Tambin se ha localizado sobre yesos.Rango altitudinal: 180- 1080 mFloracin: Abril - NoviembreForma Biolgica: Hemicriptfito escaposoExtractado del Atlas de la Flora de Aragn (Herbario de Jaca)
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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A local variety of bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria, family Cucurbitaceae). This is a variety from northern Mozambique with early maturity and good palatability. Not used to make household utensils, but as food, especially important as one of the earliest foods produced in the "hungry gap".
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Madre de Dios, Peru
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Zaragoza: Aragn (Espaa)Familia: CUCURBITACEAESinnimos: Bryonia dioica; Bryonia sicula.Distribucin: Distribuida por el Mediterrneo occidental y W de Europa, apareciendo dispersa por la Pennsula Ibrica. En Aragn aparece por buena parte del Sistema Ibrico, siendo ms escasa en la Depresin del Ebro y Prepirineo, alcanzando el Alto Pirineo por Bielsa y Escarrilla.Hbitat: Forma parte de de comunidades riparias, bosques caducifolios o mixtos y de sus espinares de orla, en choperas, saucedas, hayedos, quejigales, encinares, etc., y, en general, sobre suelos hmedos. Secundariamente en herbazales, setos, veredas, en prados, huertos, alrededores de ncleos urbanos...Preferencia edfica: Indiferente. Sobre todo tipo de sustratos, tambin sobre yesos.Rango altitudinal: 110- 1640 m Floracin: Abril - SeptiembreForma Biolgica: Hemicriptfito trepador.Extractado del Atlas de la Flora de Aragn (Herbario de Jaca)
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Lower Sabie, Mpumalanga, South Africa
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2009.09.05 Upper Austria, Rohrbach (712 m AMSL).(Young) fruit.This here is a "semi-cultivated" one: seeds were thrown on a compost heap and grew there next year, but they weren't seeded there on purpose.German name: Riesen-KrbisID: Fischer & al., Exkursionsflora
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Falsa sandia de campo. Es una fruta pequea y vistosa
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Chimur, Maharashtra, India
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Male flower of Momordica balsamina (CUCURBITACEAE), traditional leafy vegetable in most parts of Mozambique. Bitter taste but very nutricious. Medicinal use of watery extract of leaves for malaria (prevention rather than cure) and other diseases.
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Ecballium elaterium (L.) Rich.Squirting Cucumbe, DE: Spritzgurke, EselgurkeSlo.: navadni trkavecDat.: Aug. 26. 2013Lat.: 44.63912 Long.: 14.39490Code: Bot_746/2013_DSC7686Habitat: ruderal, stony ground of an abandoned backyard, calcareous ground, flat terrain, full sun, dry place, exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 1.200 mm/year, average temperature 16 deg C, elevation 50 m (160 feet), Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: red soil, stony, skeletal ground.Place: At the top of south hill of Sv. Jakov village, Loinj island, Adriatic Sea, Kvarner bay, Croatia EC.Comment: Encounter with Ecballium elaterium is an exciting experience for kids. It is such a fun to help the plant in distribution of its seeds! Truly, its technique of distribution of seeds is very special. Fruits in the form of small, up to 5 cm long, spiky 'cucumbers' form high internal hydrostatic pressure at the time of their ripeness. When in such condition, the slightest touch of the plant triggers a violent 'explosion' (or usually several of them in larger stands). The fruit abruptly detaches from its peduncle and propels through the hole where it was attached a high speed jet of fluid with seeds in one direction. The fruits themselves (still containing some seeds) fly away like jet propulsion projectile in the opposite direction. The act is surprisingly violent. If one strongly squeezes a ripe 'cucumber' with his fingers the seeds may squirt several meters away. However, doing this is not only fun but comprises also some dangers. The fluid may cause strong skin reaction with some people and represents a real threat for eyes. In addition it is extremely bitter. Definitely kids should not 'play wars' using these fruits as guns.The plants are dioecious, that means there are two types of them. The male plants bear only male flowers, which have only stamina and the female plants have only female flowers, which have only pistils and bear fruits. The pictures show female plants. Ecballium elaterium is a typical Mediterranean plant growing in all countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. It loves dry ruderal places, roadsides and stony disturbed areas. Often it covers quite extensive expanses. In Slovenia it can be found only in its extreme southwest corner on the Adriatic Sea shore.Ref.:(1) I. Schnfelder, P. Schnfelder, Kosmos Atlas Mittelmer- und Kanaren Flora, Franckh-KosmosVerlags GmbH& Co. (2002), p 130.(2) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007) (in Slovene), p 469. (3) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora sterreich Liechtenstein, Sdtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 463.
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Fort Davis, Texas, United States
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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snap melon
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Pemba, Cabo Delgado, Moambique