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Created 10/8/2023

Family Cucurbitaceae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Sicyos lasiocephalus



North Kona, Hawaii

 
   
   
   

'ANUNU

Rare vine of dry 'ohia forest where it appears after winter rains and dying soon after.  Small fruit ellipsoid with wooly hairs, 5-8mm long, leaves suborbicular or broadly cordate, with 5 to 7 lobes.  Moloka'i, West Maui, North Kona and leeward South Kohala, Hawaii Island.  Endemic to Hawaii.