Los Amigos Jungle Cucumbers: A Study of Five Sympatric Gurania Species
Amanda K. Neill
The New York Botanical Garden
Figure 11
Female inflorescences of Gurania insolita take different forms,
depending on the age of the stem that produced them.
Old leafless woody stems produce cauliflorous inflorescences, with
tightly-packed flowers, on a short peduncle. The photo on the right
shows a longer, more flexible inflorescence that was produced by a
young leafy stem. These inflorescences have leafy bracts with a red
tint. The fruits in this species have bold white stripes and spots.
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Photos by John Janovec