Peponia

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Peponia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Peponia (Greek, melon, .gourd}. Cucurbitaceae. Climbing or sprawling plants, little known in horticulture. Perennial herbs, prostrate or scandent, often villous, with fibrous roots: lvs. lobed or rarely entire, dentate: fls large, yellow or whitish, monoecious, the males solitary or racemose; corolla-lobes 5, obovate; stamens 3; female fls. solitary: fr. large or medium, fleshy, oblong or cylindrical; seeds many, black, flattened.— Species about a dozen in Trop, and S. Afr. Because of an earlier genus of the same name, Engler has proposed the name Peponium for this group. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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