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Mystery Seed Pod
Ask the Expert: Recognize these seed pods? found at the edge of the marsh,,,empty of seeds Jane
Reply:
What a very interesting seed pod. I didn’t recognize this plant right off the start but with a little research it looks very similar to a wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata). Wild Cucumber is ususally found in thicket and along streams and river banks throughout most of North America except for the southeastern United States and California-Nevada.
Dear Jamie…I sent in a question earlier and since then have learned that
it is only a mango seed discarded by my neighbor! Sorry to have bothered
the flowershopnetwork unnecessarily… (I thought I had something really
interesting.)
Jane
I enjoy every question sent. Believe it or not, I like the ones that are perplexing like yours. Thank you for letting me know what it really was. I’m sure the readers will be happy to know the true identification of the seed pod. Although I have a fairly good plant knowledge base, I learn something new every day. Any time you have a
question please feel free to ask it on the Bloomin’ Blog.
I just found these seed same pods and I have to tell you it is very definitely not discarded mango.
I live in southern Ontario and I found these still on a vine on my property and was searching to find out what they are. They were spaced on a fine vine about 6″ to one foot apart , although some were clustered togerther and were winding up a nearby tree and across another bush. I found one with seeds still in place. It is growing near a wet area. I wish I had noticed these before the vine had died off.
I would have taken a photo in situ but I just pulled them off to put in a glass vase.
So, they are still a mystery?
Elizabeth,
Does your plant look like the one in this attached picture?
Attached Image: wildcucumber9.jpg
This is certainly a decayed fruit of the Prickly Cucumber, I sell these seeds for the medicinal use of the plant; I cultivate the plant – wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata) is correct! I am attaching a picture of the fruit intact.
Attached Image: wild cucumber fruit.jpg
Joseph
Thanks for your input. I find seed pods one of the hardest things to identify.