Sicyos

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Sicyos in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Sicyos (Greek name for the cucumber). Cucurbitaceae. Climbing or prostrate annual herbs useful for ornamental purposes, one especially for covering walls and the like: lvs. membranaceous, angulate or lobed, rarely deeply 3-5-lobed; tendrils 3-cleft: fls. small or minute, whitish, monoecious, the sterile and fertile mostly from the same axis, the former corymbed, the latter in a capitate cluster, long-peduncled; petals 5, united below into a bell-shaped or flattish corolla; ovary 1-celled: fr. ovoid, dry, and indehiscent, 1-seeded. —About 50 species, warmer parts of N. and S. Amer., Pacific islands, and Austral. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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