Family: Cucurbitaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Vine
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Eastern and central United States, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Secure
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Synonyms:
M. crassifolia.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Present
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Native
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
Critically Imperiled
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in
1913 by John Kunkel Small for hammocks from the upper Keys to the lower Keys, but we have no records of this from the middle Keys. We consider this native to the upper Keys and lower Keys, but perhaps extirpated in the upper Keys. It is extant in the lower Keys at the Key West Botanical Garden on Stock Island.
