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OSU Extension Service and Agricultural Research Station News
... about it The bitter taste of cucumbers comes from a natural organic compound called cucurbitacin. Wild cucumber plants contain more cucurbitacin than domestic edible cucumbers. The bitter compound occurs in cultivated ... structure on occasion and to a lesser degree than in its wild cousins. How to peel and eat a cucumber to avoid bitterness. Explanations for bitterness in garden cukes. Harvest ...
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OSU Extension Service and Agricultural Research Station News
... about it The bitter taste of cucumbers comes from a natural organic compound called cucurbitacin. Wild cucumber plants contain more cucurbitacin than domestic edible cucumbers. The bitter compound occurs in cultivated ... structure on occasion and to a lesser degree than in its wild cousins. How to peel and eat a cucumber to avoid bitterness. Explanations for bitterness in garden cukes. Harvest ...
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Arboretum Images 3
... to prolonged drought is well developed in the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae). In fact, the wild cucumber vine (Marah macrocarpus) that climbs over shrubs in the coastal sage scrub adjacent to ... early spring in southern California. Unlike edible fruits of the gourd family, called pepos, the wild cucumber is a capsule that splits open at one end. Xanthorrhoea Family (Xanthorrhoeaceae) Grass tree ( ...
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Arboretum Images 8
... California. Another Species Of Yerba Santa In San Diego County Cucumber Family (Cucurbitaceae) The massive caudex and spiny seed capsules of wild cucumber (Marah macrocarpus), a native caudiciform member of the gourd family ... early spring in southern California. Unlike edible fruits of the gourd family called pepos, the wild cucumber is a capsule that splits open at one end. See The Wayne's Word ...
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Tico Ethnobotanical Dictionary -- W
... Wild cucumber: Carica (B); Melothria (E) Wild fig: Clusia (B); Ficus (E); Sapium (B) Wild grape: Pentagonia (B) Wild guava: Alibertia (E) Wild jasmine: Aegiphila (B) Wild licorice: Abrus (E) Wild lime: Citharexylum (B) Wild marjoram: Lippia (E) Wild ...
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Cucurbitaceae
... thumbnail images to go to the image page for that species. Marah fabaceus {++} (=Echinocystis fabacea). WILD CUCUMBER. COMMON MANROOT. CALIFORNIA MANROOT. Herbaceous vine. Bl Feb-early May. Common on banks and slopes ...
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Annuals: 2006 Seed List for Members of the Friends of the Devonian Botanic Garden
... on bushy, 30cm stems, blooming most of the summer. Grow as above. 21 *Echinocystis lobata – Wild cucumber If you are looking for something unusual to cover an arbor or fence, this annual ...
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ECSONG: The Nuttery: 13(3) 1994
... laced with quack grass. Tall sturdy weeds are prevalent: wild parsnip, goldenrod, nettles, lambs quarters, shepherds purse as well as bindweed and wild cucumber vines. Woody weeds in the form of Manitoba maple ...
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Explore Cornell - Home Gardening - Vegetable Growing Guides - Growing Guide
... : Bacterial wilt (Erwinia tracheiphila ) - Remove and destroy infested plants. If striped or spotted cucumber beetles appear control as soon as possible. Powdery mildew - Avoid wetting foliage if possible ... infested plant along with immediately surrounding soil and soil clinging to roots. Eliminate wild cucumber and milkweed nearby. Plant variety Multipik to mask symptons on fruit. Control aphids ...
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Wisconsin Vascular Plants: Search Results
... Photo Gallery and Map Gallery) Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth + buffalo gourd, Missouri gourd, wild pumpkin Pepo foetidissima (Kunth) Britton Cucurbita maxima Duchesne * + autumn squash, pumpkin, ... .Gray * + balsam-apple, wild-cucumber Micrampelis lobata (Michx.) Greene Sicyos lobata Michx. Sicyos (Genus Information, Photo Gallery and Map Gallery) Sicyos angulatus L. * + bur-cucumber Menu: Herbarium ...
www.botany.wisc.edu

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