Bryony

Plant Characteristics

Habit		herbaceous
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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This article is for plants in genus Bryonia. See also Black Bryony and White Bryony.

Bryony (Template:PronEng or /ˈbriːəni/) is the common name for any of twelve species in the genus Bryonia. These are perennial, tendril-climbing, dioecious herbs with palmately lobed leaves and flowers in axillary clusters. The fruit is a smooth, globular berry.

The English species Bryonia alba is known as white bryony and grows in hedgerows as far north as Yorkshire. There are eight varieties established in Europe.

ExpandRead about Bryony in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Bryonia (Greek, to sprout, referring to the annual growth from the tuber). Cucurbitaceae. Herbaceous perennial climbers. A genus of 12 species of perennial cucurbits, native of Eu. and W. Asia. They are herbaceous from a tuberous root, with staminate fls. in racemes, while Bryonopsis is an annual plant, with the staminate fls. in fascicles. All species of Bryonia are dioecious except B. alba. Bryonopsis is monoecious. See Cogniaux, in DC. Mon. Phan. 2:469. B. laciniosa, Linn.- Bryonopsis laciniosa. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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.

Species

12, including:

• B. alba (White Bryony)
• B. cretica (Cretan Bryony), B. cretica ssp. dioica

Gallery

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  A close-up view of the male flowers of white bryony.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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