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paul m Really Wild Member Registered: November 2006 Location: Sheffield, South Yorks, UK Posts: 2,460	Climber on tree somewhere near Sparta, Greece, August 2005. Some kind of cucurbit?
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Tiggrx
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Registered: July 2006
Location: London, UK
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Sun 28, January 2007 12:48pm

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, South Yorks, UK
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Sun 19, August 2007 8:09am

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

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