Paddymelon
Fruit, compared with large glove
Murray Mallee Region
Native Lilac
Leaves & Vines
 
                      
Prickly Paddymelon (Cucumis myriocarpus ssp myriocarpus)Class: Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)
Order: Vines (Cucurbitales)
Family: Gourd (Cucurbitaceae)
Species: Prickly Paddymelon (Cucumis myriocarpus ssp myriocarpus)
This Photo:     Fruit
Other names: Gooseberry Cucumber or Paddy Melon

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA and possibly elsewhere

Copyright © 2011-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 30-Jun-2011
This species is classed as If (Foreign Introduction)