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Diplocyclos palmatus
Also called Striped cucumber, Lollipop Climber, Lollypop Climber, Marble Vine, Native Bryony
Native briony is a climbing vine in the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), found in tropical and subtropical forests and disturbed ground. It is a wild climber rather than a common garden plant, so care notes are general guidance for a warm, bright spot with support.
Diplocyclos palmatus is a vine in the family Cucurbitaceae. It is commonly known as native bryony or striped cucumber. In Marathi, it is called shivlingi due to its seed which resembles a lingam.
The plant is distributed in rainforests and dry rainforests (Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests) habitats. The vine grows in thickets, monsoon forests, lowland and upland disturbed areas, and mountain rain forests.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Diplocyclos palmatus 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.
