Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Cucurbitales > Cucurbitaceae > Marah > Marah fabacea

Marah fabacea (California manroot; valley manroot)

Synonyms:

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Monoecious
Hazards [1]  The root is said to be poisonous to fish; We have no reports as to whether or not it is toxic to mammals;
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Structure [1]  Vine
Usage [1]  The crushed seeds, mixed with oil, have been rubbed on the hair to prevent baldness;
Height [1]  20 feet (6 m)
View Plants For A Future Record : Marah fabacea

Predators

Melittia gloriosa (Glorious Squash Vine Borer)[2]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0