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Wild Cucumber, Psiguria
The Wild Cucumber (Psiguria) is a climbing vine found from southern Mexico and the Antilles to Bolivia. They have showy red, orange or pink flowers, which are a favorite of Heliconius butterflies. The fruit produced are pale yellow to green in color and can contain many seeds.
www.pwbelg.clara.net/psiguria/index.html
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Wild Cucumber, Psiguria
The Wild Cucumber (Psiguria) is a climbing vine found from southern Mexico and the Antilles to Bolivia. They have showy red, orange or pink flowers, which are a favorite of Heliconius butterflies. The fruit produced are pale yellow to green in color and can contain many seeds.
www.pwbelg.clara.net/psiguria/index.html
Join our Flickr Plant Project.
If you've taken a picture of this plant (either at the Museum of Life and Science's Magic Wings Butterfly House or anywhere else in the world), please provide a link to it in the comments below (and be sure to tag your photo "flickr plant project").