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Metzozo, Maputo, Mozambique
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Mulu Airport, Sarawak, Malaysia
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Chiriqui, Panama
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This is the fruit of a vine native to eastern Africa. Beside folk medicine applications, most of the plant can be eaten if thoroughly cooked. Photo from Mikumi Park, Tanzania.
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Family: CucurbitaceaeDistribution: Common on trees and hedges. An Indo malayan plant. Through out India, Photographed at a village near Eastren ghats.Local name: (Telugu)Paapara, Avaguda.Extensively branched climbers, tendrils branched. Leaves 8-12x 6-10cm, sub orbicular, deeply 5 lobed, lobes oblong, pellucid-punctate. Flowers 3-3.5cm across, white, Berries 5-6cm across globose, red, Leaf juice is applied to relieve joit pains, fruits are poisonous, root juice is used to relieve ear ache.Reference: Flra of Nellore district by B.Suryanarayana &A.S Rao, ENVIS, Flora of the presidecy of Madras. by J.S Gamble
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A large species, almost a begonia tree. Found at elevation in tropical South America, here near the Hollin River, Ecuador.
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Monteverde, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Cayenne, French Guiana
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Santo Domingo, Departamento del Petn, Guatemala
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A Brazilian species, found mainly in gardens, in this case at Lotusland, Montecito, California.
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Barberton, Mpumalanga, South Africa
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Reported from southeastern Costa Rica. Lotusland, Montecito, Calif.
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La Virgen, Heredia, Costa Rica
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Kaw, Cayenne, French Guiana
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Pafri, Gaza, Moambique
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La Ensenada, Los Lagos Region, Chile
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Lower Sabie, Mpumalanga, South Africa
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Lone Creek Falls, Sabie, Mpumalanga, SOUTH AFRICA
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Mpumalanga, South Africa