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Balsam apple

Echinopepon

Also called Starvine, Wild Balsam Apple

Family: Cucurbitaceae (Gourd family)

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Echinopepon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae, native to the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. Tendrillate vines, their prickly fruits are operculate, with the prickles themselves being stipitate glandular.

Other Echinopepon plants

Echinopepon racemosus · Echinopepon rosei

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