Striped-Cucumber

Diplocyclos palmatus

(L.) C.Jeffrey Species

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Botanical name
Diplocyclos palmatus
Also known as
Lollipop-Climber, Striped-Cucumber
Family
Cucurbitaceae
Genus
Diplocyclos
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Striped-Cucumber

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Diplocyclos palmatus but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Bryonia palmata Bryonia pedata Bryonia variegata Bryonopsis erythrocarpa Bryonopsis laciniosa var. erythrocarpa Bryonopsis laciniosa var. walkeri Bryonopsis pedata Coccinia palmata Diplocyclos palmatus var. walkeri Trichosanthes muelleri Zehneria erythrocarpa

Others in Diplocyclos

Diplocyclos decipiens
Diplocyclos leiocarpus
Diplocyclos palmatus subsp. affinis
Diplocyclos palmatus var. pedata
Diplocyclos schliebenii
Diplocyclos tenuis

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