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Seeds of Echinocstis lobta / - 5 pcs

Echinocystis, Echinocstis lobta. People call it the “mad cucumber.”An annual plant from the pumpkin family. The stems are up to 6 m long, succulent, thin, very branched at the nodes, short-haired, climbing with the help of tightly twisted branched three-to-four-parted tendrils.The leaves are alternate, with long petioles, pale green, thin, glabrous, rough, deeply notched at the base, some modified into tendrils. The leaves are round or ovate in outline, 5-10 cm long and wide.The flowers are almost white, have a delicate honey aroma, and are collected in inflorescences. Blooms in June - September.The fruits are broadly ovoid pumpkins, 1-6 cm long, densely covered with prickly bristles, initially bluish-green, watery, and when ripe they dry out and open at the top; they contain two mucilaginous seeds inside in two coarsely hairy nests. In rainy summers, when the fruits ripen, they accumulate a lot of liquid, burst under its pressure, and the seeds are shot out in different directions. The fruits ripen in August - October.

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