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Created 2/28/2015

Family Cucurbitaceae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Sicyos pachycarpus



Kealia, O'ahu

KUPALA

Large vine of dry coasts and leeward cliffs where it appears after winter rains and dying soon after.  Fruit spherical with sparse hairs, 3-8mm in diameter, leaves with 5 to 7 shallow lobes.  Known from Laysan, Nihoa, and the Main Hawaiian Islands.