Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Cyclanthera hystrix being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Sicyos pachycarpus
- Cyclanthera tamnoides
- Actinostemma tenerum
- Sicyosperma gracile
- Zehneria marlothii
- Cyclanthera pedata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Cucurbitales
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Cyclanthera
- Species
- Cyclanthera hystrix
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