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Gemsbok cucumber
Citrullus naudinianus
Acanthosicyos naudinianus, known as the Gemsbok cucumber, is a perennial African melon with edible fruits and seeds. The leaves are typically deeply palmately 5-lobed and alternately arranged, while the stem may reach 6 meters long. The stems feature tendrils which have been modified into weak spines.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1245066.