Marah fabaceus

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names
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Read about Marah fabaceus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Marah fabaceus (Echinocystis fabacea, Naudin. Megarrhiza californica, Torr.), is sometimes grown in fine collections and botanic gardens. It is a tendril-cumber, reaching 20-30 ft. in its native haunts: lvs. deeply 5-7-lobed: fls. monoecious, greenish white, the corolla rotate: fr. densely spinose, globose or ovoid, 2 in. long; seed obovoid, nearly or about 1 in. long and half or more as broad, margined by a narrow groove or dark line. S. Calif.—Odd in germination (see Gray, Amer. Journ. Sci. 1877, and Structural Botany, p. 21). ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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