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Cucumis umbellatus is a wild scrambling annual vine in the gourd family, native to the seasonally dry tropics of northern Western Australia and the Northern Territory. It is not a commonly grown garden plant, so care advice is limited to general cucumber-type needs.
Cucumis umbellatus is a vine in the family Cucurbitaceae that is native to Western Australia throughout parts of the Kimberley region.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cucumis umbellatus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
