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Ibervillea sonorae
Wareque is a tuberous perennial vine from the arid deserts of northwestern Mexico, growing from a huge succulent underground root that yearly sends out long climbing shoots. It needs very well-drained sandy soil, full sun, and very little water.
Ibervillea sonorae is a tuberous perennial plant in the Cucurbitaceae family known by the common names wereke, wareque, guarequi, and coyote melon. It is a highly variable species characterized by a large, succulent tuberous root, which in the dry sand of its native habitat resembles a gray, dust-covered boulder. Emerging from the root yearly are long, flexible liana-like shoots, which reach a length of three or more meters. This species is native to northwestern Mexico, being found in the states of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora and Sinaloa.
This species is distributed throughout portions of northwestern Mexico. On the Baja California peninsula, it is found in extreme southeast Baja California state from the vicinity of the Sierra de La Libertad south to the Cape region of Baja California Sur and on various islands adjacent to the peninsula. It is also found throughout Sonora, and in Sinaloa.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ibervillea sonorae 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.
