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Sicana
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Sicana

Sicana is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae. There are three or four species, found in rainforest and secondary scrub in the Caribbean and Central America.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

musk cucumber

speciesSicana odorifera

Sicana fragrans

speciesSicana fragrans

Sicana sphaerica

speciesSicana sphaerica

Sicana trinitensis

speciesSicana trinitensis

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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 272869.