Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Cucurbitales > Cucurbitaceae > Marah > Marah macrocarpa

Marah macrocarpa (Cucamonga manroot)

Synonyms:

Attributes

Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Structure [1]  Vine
Usage [1]  A red dye is obtained from the seed; It can be mixed with iron oxide and turpentine to make a paint; The root is used to make a detergent lather;
Height [1]  16.4 feet (5 m)
View Plants For A Future Record : Marah macrocarpa

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
San Dimas Biosphere Reserve 17161 California, United States  

Predators

Eupithecia shirleyata[2]
Haploa lecontei (Leconte's Haploa)[2]
Spilosoma vestalis (Vestal Tiger Moth)[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