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Striped Cucumber
Photos: Courtesy of Damon Ramsey
Striped Cucumber,
Diplocyclos palmatus
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This is a thin-stemmed twiner. The fruits are
very distinctive minature watermelon like fruits, that start green with white
blotched stripes and ripen to bright red orange.
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They have many small whitish seeds and are
toxic.
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They are very widespread, found in wetter
forests throughout tropical australia, asia, the Pacific and Africa.
Script: Courtesy of Damon Ramsey BSc.(Zool) Biologist Guide
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