Family: Cucurbitaceae Genus: BryoniaSpecies description: Like B.alba, but always dioecious (male and female flowers on seperate plants); leaf-lobes entire or with few, large, subobtuse teeth, the central usually not markedly longer than the lateral; calyx of female flowers usually half as long as the corolla; stigma papillose-hairy; fruit 6-10 mm in diameter, red.
(B.alba: Dioecious in S.E.Europe, elsewhere monoecious. Stems up to 4 m, brached. Leaves 5-10 cm, ovate, cordate, 5-angled or palmately 5-lobed; lobes ovate or triangular, acute or acuminate, sharply dentate, the central much longer than the lateral. Calyx of female flowers usually as long as the corolla. Stigma glabrous. Fruit 7-8 mm in diameter, black.
(S., C., & E. Europe Al Au Bu Ge Gr Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs(C, W, K, ) Tu [Be Cz Da Fe Ca No Rs(B) Su)
Field Notes:
Habitat: Thickets, hedges, rocky places
Distribution: S., S.C., & W Europe, northwards to Britain; formerly culivated as medical plant and often naturalized. Al Au Be Br Co Cr Ga Ge Gr He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Lu *Po Sa Si [Da Ge Hb No Su] Found: C.Spain : ± Soria Date: 1979 Flora Europea:2-297 Literatuur:Notes: Due to find: ssp dioica ??
Pictures: A.Voswinkel, The Netherlands email: aart@knoware.nl