Strange Fruit - Gomphocarpus fruticosus

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paul m Really Wild Member Registered: November 2006 Location: Sheffield, UK Posts: 1,547	Climber on tree somewhere near Sparta, Greece, August 2005. Some kind of cucurbit?
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	Keywords: Greece fruit climber milkweed silkweed Gomphocarpus

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Tiggrx
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Registered: July 2006
Location: London, UK
Posts: 30

Sun 28, January 2007 5:48pm

This is Gomphocarpus fruticosus (Bristle-fruited Silkweed) a member of the Milkweed family native to South Africa. It is naturalised throughout the Mediterranean region

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paul m

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Registered: November 2006
Location: Sheffield, UK
Posts: 1,547

Sun 19, August 2007 1:09pm

Many thanks - I've never noticed this in my years of travels in Greece ..

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