Marah macrocarpa
Valley Manroot
Marah fabacea
(Naudin) Greene Species
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- Botanical name
- Marah fabacea
- Also known as
- Valley Manroot
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Marah
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Valley Manroot
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Marah fabacea but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Echinocystis fabacea
Echinocystis fabacea var. agrestis
Echinocystis fabacea var. inermis
Echinocystis inermis
Echinocystis scabrida
Marah fabacea var. agrestis
Marah fabacea var. fabacea
Marah inermis
Megarrhiza californica
Micrampelis fabacea
Micrampelis fabacea var. agrestis
Micrampelis fabaceus var. agrestis
Others in Marah
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