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Accession Data:

Xerosicyos danguyi Humbert

  • Common Name: Silver Dollar Plant
  • Family: Cucurbitaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: sw Madagascar
  • Habitat: climbing vine

  • Culture: Prefers warm conditions, winter temps should not be below 60F.
  • USDA Zone: 10b-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198502826
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 2201 - XER:Madagascar Spiny Thicket A
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 03-16-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosids I
  • Order: Cucurbitales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Cucurbitaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe: Zanonieae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
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References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • Dioecious species in the EEB Greenhouse Collection
  • Endemism (endemic)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Madagascar

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Saturday, January 28, 2017.
  2. Xerosicyos danguyi at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Saturday, January 28, 2017.

data regenerated on Sat, 19 Apr 2025 12:21:02 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Subfamily
Tribe Momordiceae

  • Momordica rostrata

Subfamily
Tribe Sicyoeae

  • Marah macrocarpus W/C

Subfamily
Tribe Zanonieae

  • Xerosicyos danguyi
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Subfamily Cucurbitoideae
Tribe Melothrieae

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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