Bad-Smell Melon

Australian import, Melaleuca armillaris, photo © Michael Plagens

Cucumbers covered with fleshy spikes and releasing unpleasant odor when cut. Herbaceous vine with tendrils.

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Bad-Smell Melon

Mormodica photo © Michael Plagens

Cucumbers covered with fleshy spikes. Herbaceous vine with tendrils. Rather large blooms with pleated/crinkled texture.

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Raphidiocystis (?)

bristled cucumber from Mombasa photo © Michael Plagens

Herbaceous vine with simple tendrils, bright yellow flowers and fruit covered with long, stiff bristles.

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Raphidiocystis (?)

bristled cucumber from Mombasa photo © Michael Plagens

Herbaceous vine with simple tendrils, bright yellow flowers and fruit covered with long, stiff bristles.

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Zehneria (?)

A cucurbit, Bryonia or Zehneria photo © Michael Plagens

The fruits of this gourd-relative are small, in axillary clusters. Flowers small and whitish. Tendrils.

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Zehneria sp. ?

Cucurbitaceae photo © Michael Plagens

Small white flowers in compact head-like clusters.

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Wild Cucumber

wild cucumber from Voi photo © Michael Plagens

Leaves and fruit with bristly projections. Flower small, yellow.

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Kenya Natural History

Copyright Michael J. Plagens, page created 1 Aug. 2017.

By no means am I an expert on the Natural History of Kenya because I am novice exploring this part of the World. Some of these identifications might be wrong! By creating a page for the species as I encounter them I am teaching myself, sharing with others and I'm happy to receive feedback from web site visitors.