Melothria pendula
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Melothria pendula, Linn. Creeping or scandent, much-branched root-perennial, the st. glabrous and shining: lvs. suborbicular-cordate, acute or obtuse, hirsute becoming scabrous, often deeply 5-lobed, the lobes obtuse: male racemes 3-7-fld., usually shorter than the petioles; corolla yellow, the segms. obovate: fr. ellipsoid, to ½ in. long, the seeds obovate and whitish. Pa. to Fla. and La. and Mex.—M. pendula, M. scabra and M. punctata may be confused in horticultural literature.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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