Striped Cucumber
 
Photos: Courtesy of Damon Ramsey
Striped Cucumber, Diplocyclos palmatus This is a thin-stemmed twiner. The fruits are very distinctive minature watermelon like fruits, that start green with white blotched stripes and ripen to bright red orange. They have many small whitish seeds and are toxic. They are very widespread, found in wetter forests throughout tropical australia, asia, the Pacific and Africa.
Script: Courtesy of Damon Ramsey BSc.(Zool) Biologist Guide |
