Cucurbita andreana Naudin

  • Filed As

    Cucurbitaceae
    Cucurbita andreana Naudin

  • Collector(s)

    M. H. Nee 48836, 05 Apr 1998

  • Location

    Bolivia. Santa Cruz. Santiesteban. 7.5 km by road NW of bridge at Chané Independencia.

  • Habitat

    Flat, clay, mostly in fields of sugar cane, with a few Acrocomia aculeata and Attalea speciosa trees.

  • Description

    Trailing over short grasses near abandoned sugar-workers shelter, with Luffa cylindrica, but of the several plants, the one with the larger, 8 cm diam., soft, non-bitter fruit may be an escape, but the others are more slender and have uniformly smaller fruits with very bitter flesh and are undoubtedly wild. Seeds tan. Corollas open (11:00 A.M., mostly overcast).

  • Specimen Notes

    see NY barcodes 382259-382262 (separate fruit)

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 382261

    Occurrence ID: 85b97753-026a-48df-a1c9-bd9e2166d368

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Bolivia

  • State/Province

    Santa Cruz

  • Locality

    Santiesteban. 7.5 km by road NW of bridge at Chané Independencia.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 225 m. (738 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -16.93, -63.27

  • Distribution

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    No botanical uses.

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