Wild cucumber
Botanical name: Marah
Wild cucumber
Botanical name: Marah
Description
Wild cucumber are native to western North America. The manroots are perennial plants, growing from a large tuberous root. Most have stout, scabrous or hairy stems, with coiling tendrils that enable them to climb up other plants. Their leaves tend to have multiple lobes. The fruits are large, and spherical, oval or cylindrical. And in many species they are covered in long spines. It includes six or seven species. 
Species of Wild cucumber
Wild cucumber
Wild cucumber (Marah macrocarpa) is an odd-looking plant that features a 'hairy looking ball' or 'hairy cucumber.' A soap-like extract can be processed from the large tuber of the manroot. Wild cucumber is able to self pollinate with a little help from insects moving between the male and female flowers.
California manroot
California manroot are native to western North America. The manroots are perennial plants, growing from a large tuberous root. Most have stout, scabrous or hairy stems, with coiling tendrils that enable them to climb up other plants. Their leaves tend to have multiple lobes. The fruits are large, and spherical, oval or cylindrical. And in many species they are covered in long spines. It includes six or seven species.
Sierra man-root
Sierra man-root are native to western North America. The manroots are perennial plants, growing from a large tuberous root. Most have stout, scabrous or hairy stems, with coiling tendrils that enable them to climb up other plants. Their leaves tend to have multiple lobes. The fruits are large, and spherical, oval or cylindrical. And in many species they are covered in long spines. It includes six or seven species.
Coast man-root
Coast man-root are native to western North America. The manroots are perennial plants, growing from a large tuberous root. Most have stout, scabrous or hairy stems, with coiling tendrils that enable them to climb up other plants. Their leaves tend to have multiple lobes. The fruits are large, and spherical, oval or cylindrical. And in many species they are covered in long spines. It includes six or seven species.
Taw man-root
Taw man-root are native to western North America. The manroots are perennial plants, growing from a large tuberous root. Most have stout, scabrous or hairy stems, with coiling tendrils that enable them to climb up other plants. Their leaves tend to have multiple lobes. The fruits are large, and spherical, oval or cylindrical. And in many species they are covered in long spines. It includes six or seven species.
Scientific Classification
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