This species is endemic to Hawaii island and rare. Elevation of this photo is around 4100ft/1250m. Note this puberulent lower leaf surface (upper surface is glabrous).
Trailing vine growing on stabilized sands in back dunes habitat. A naturalized escape from cultivation found worldwide in tropical regions. Echinate fruit edible, turning yellow with maturity.
perennial vine in fruit on mesquite and creosote shrubs in hillside drainage course captured by roadbed, in silty weathered anhydrite (gypsum) & limestone.
Longitude (deg): -0.5. Latitude (deg): 50.9. Longitude (deg/min): 0ð 30' W. Latitude (deg/min): 50ð 60' N. Vice county name: West Sussex. Vice county no.: 13. Country: England. Stage: Plant. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Category: standard photograph or close-up. Photographic equipment used: Nikon Coolpix 950.
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This time a young wild watermelon. It is related to the cultivated one. It is common in the Arabian deserts anbd southwards to Africa. In nature the watermelons are rather small, reaching a diameter of 7-10 cm. After ripe the round fruit dries out and rolls with the winds and winter water along the washes, breaks and dispers the seeds.
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This time a young wild watermelon. It is related to the cultivated one. It is common in the Arabian deserts anbd southwards to Africa. In nature the watermelons are rather small, reaching a diameter of 7-10 cm. After ripe the round fruit dries out and rolls with the winds and winter water along the washes, breaks and dispers the seeds.