
Pods and Seeds
These fruit look like miniature watermelons on a climbing vine but with prickly spines. When the pods mature they open at the ends and pop out the four seeds.
Any idea what these are?
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I would say it is Echinocystis lobata aka wild cucumber.
Bravo, Teresa! We have a winner! Thank you for identifying this mystery plant. Here is more info and photos for those who are curious.
I was just going to say that. not! way to go, Teresa!
nance and teresa have it
i would have said it’s the famous spitting cucumber
known for getting green goo on gentlelady gardeners long white gloves
during tea parties, but
i had to wait for the rechargeable batteries to recharge before i could
type on the key board
val
Huh! We have a lot of wild cucurbit weeds down here in FL (including… wild watermelons!) but never seen one that spits.