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'''''Fevillea cordifolia''''' L., also known as ''Javillo'' and ''Antidote Caccoon'', is a vine belonging to the family [[Cucurbitaceae]] and occurring in South and Central America in [[Bolivia]], [[Brasil]], [[Colombia]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Ecuador]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Panama]], [[Peru]] and [[Venezuela]]. <ref>[http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/herbarium/species/16627/?fam=Cucurbitaceae&page=2 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute]</ref> |
'''''Fevillea cordifolia''''' L., also known as ''Javillo'' and ''Antidote Caccoon'', is a vine belonging to the family [[Cucurbitaceae]] and occurring in South and Central America in [[Bolivia]], [[Brasil]], [[Colombia]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Ecuador]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Panama]], [[Peru]] and [[Venezuela]]. <ref>[http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/herbarium/species/16627/?fam=Cucurbitaceae&page=2 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute]</ref> |
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This [[dioecious]] species produces a fruit some 12cm in diameter, [[Dehiscence (botany)|dehiscing]] along a line about 2cm from its base. <ref>[http://eol.org/pages/584295/overview Encyclopedia of Life]</ref> Its leaves are 8-16 by 5.5-12 cm, entire, ovate-triangular or with 3-5 lobes. |
This [[dioecious]] species produces a fruit some 12cm in diameter, [[Dehiscence (botany)|dehiscing]] along a line about 2cm from its base. <ref>[http://eol.org/pages/584295/overview Encyclopedia of Life]</ref> Its leaves are 8-16 by 5.5-12 cm, entire, ovate-triangular or with 3-5 lobes. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/botalex/3371499914/in/photostream/ Lax panicles] are 10-15 cm long. Flowers with campanulate calyx, 5-lobed. Corolla with 5 lobes, yellow or pink. The flowers with 5 stamens which are free, and with recurved filaments. The pistillate flowers produce a globose ovary with 3 carpels, and 3 styles more or less united. Seeds are numerous, orbicular or elliptical, and compressed. <ref>[http://darnis.inbio.ac.cr/ubis/FMPro?-DB=UBIPUB.fp3&-lay=WebAll&-error=norec.html&-Format=detail.html&-Op=eq&id=7003&-Find ''Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad'']</ref> |
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Fevillea cordifolia L., also known as Javillo and Antidote Caccoon, is a vine belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae and occurring in South and Central America in Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Venezuela. [1]
This dioecious species produces a fruit some 12cm in diameter, dehiscing along a line about 2cm from its base. [2] Its leaves are 8-16 by 5.5-12 cm, entire, ovate-triangular or with 3-5 lobes. Lax panicles are 10-15 cm long. Flowers with campanulate calyx, 5-lobed. Corolla with 5 lobes, yellow or pink. The flowers with 5 stamens which are free, and with recurved filaments. The pistillate flowers produce a globose ovary with 3 carpels, and 3 styles more or less united. Seeds are numerous, orbicular or elliptical, and compressed. [3]