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| − | * | + | * Scientific Name: ''Marah'' ''oregana'' |
* Family: Cucurbitaceae | * Family: Cucurbitaceae | ||
* Common Names: coastal manroot, wild cucumber | * Common Names: coastal manroot, wild cucumber | ||
* Synonyms/Misapplications: ''Echinocystis oregana, Marah oreganus, Sicyos oregana, Megarrhiza oregana, Micrampelis<br> oregana'' | * Synonyms/Misapplications: ''Echinocystis oregana, Marah oreganus, Sicyos oregana, Megarrhiza oregana, Micrampelis<br> oregana'' | ||
* Codon: MARORE | * Codon: MARORE | ||
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| − | == Taxonomy == | + | [[File:MARORE1.jpg |thumb|Photo by Rod Gilbert, also featured on Main Page]] |
| + | === Taxonomy === | ||
{{Taxobox | {{Taxobox | ||
| − | | image = | + | | image = |
| image_caption = Photo by Rod Gilbert, also featured on Main Page | | image_caption = Photo by Rod Gilbert, also featured on Main Page | ||
| − | | name = | + | | name = |
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae | | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | ||
| subregnum = Viridiplantae | | subregnum = Viridiplantae | ||
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*''Megarrhiza oregana'' (Torr. & A. Gray) S. Watson | *''Megarrhiza oregana'' (Torr. & A. Gray) S. Watson | ||
}} | }} | ||
| + | <ref>Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=847533</ref> | ||
| − | ==Description== | + | ===Description=== |
Native perennial, trailing or climbing with tendrils. | Native perennial, trailing or climbing with tendrils. | ||
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Seattle: University of Washington Press.</ref> | Seattle: University of Washington Press.</ref> | ||
| − | ==Bloom Period== | + | ===Bloom Period=== |
April-June<ref>WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, | April-June<ref>WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, | ||
& University of Washington. Retrieved from <nowiki>https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Marah%20oregana</nowiki></ref> | & University of Washington. Retrieved from <nowiki>https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Marah%20oregana</nowiki></ref> | ||
| − | ==Distribution== | + | ===Distribution=== |
Southwestern BC southwards, west of Cascade-Sierran acis, to northern California, eastwards in Columbia River Gorge, northeast Oregon, and rarely Hells Canyon. <ref name=":0" /> | Southwestern BC southwards, west of Cascade-Sierran acis, to northern California, eastwards in Columbia River Gorge, northeast Oregon, and rarely Hells Canyon. <ref name=":0" /> | ||
| − | ==Habitat== | + | ===Habitat=== |
Bottomlands and open slopes at low elevations.<ref name=":0" /> | Bottomlands and open slopes at low elevations.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
| − | ==Uses == | + | ===Uses === |
Squaxin use of an infusion of smashed stalks as a soak for sore hands, plant considered poisonous.<ref>Native American Ethnobotany Database. Retrieved from <nowiki>http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=marah+oreganus</nowiki></ref> | Squaxin use of an infusion of smashed stalks as a soak for sore hands, plant considered poisonous.<ref>Native American Ethnobotany Database. Retrieved from <nowiki>http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=marah+oreganus</nowiki></ref> | ||
| − | ==Seed== | + | ===Seed=== |
'''Seed sample from:''' 2011 | '''Seed sample from:''' 2011 | ||
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'''Longitudinal Cross Section:''' elliptical [[File:MAOR long.png]] | '''Longitudinal Cross Section:''' elliptical [[File:MAOR long.png]] | ||
| − | ==Photo Gallery== | + | ===Photo Gallery=== |
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:MAOR BenLegler sdh good.jpg|Fruit, photo by Ben Legler | File:MAOR BenLegler sdh good.jpg|Fruit, photo by Ben Legler | ||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
| − | == References == | + | === References === |
<references /> | <references /> | ||
Latest revision as of 22:01, 20 March 2021
- Scientific Name: Marah oregana
- Family: Cucurbitaceae
- Common Names: coastal manroot, wild cucumber
- Synonyms/Misapplications: Echinocystis oregana, Marah oreganus, Sicyos oregana, Megarrhiza oregana, Micrampelis
oregana - Codon: MARORE
Contents
Taxonomy
| Scientific classification | |
|---|---|
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Subkingdom: | Viridiplantae |
| Phylum: | Tracheophyta |
| Subphylum: | Spermatophytina |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass: | Rosanae |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Genus: | Marah Kellogg |
| Species: | Marah oregana (Torr. & A. Gray) Howell |
| Synonyms | |
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Description
Native perennial, trailing or climbing with tendrils.
Leaves are alternate, palmately lobed, rough and hairy, and cordate at the base.
Flowers are unisexual, corolla campanulate and white, monoecious.
The bladder-like fruits are sparsely to densely covered with flexible prickles that harden with age, dehiscent at apex when dry. [2]
Name comes from Hebrew marah, bitter, from the intensely bitter root.[3]
Bloom Period
April-June[4]
Distribution
Southwestern BC southwards, west of Cascade-Sierran acis, to northern California, eastwards in Columbia River Gorge, northeast Oregon, and rarely Hells Canyon. [3]
Habitat
Bottomlands and open slopes at low elevations.[3]
Uses
Squaxin use of an infusion of smashed stalks as a soak for sore hands, plant considered poisonous.[5]
Seed
Seed sample from: 2011
Average Measurement: 16.8 x 17 x 8.5
Measurement Range: L: 15 – 18, W: 16 – 18, D: 8 – 9
Features
Shape: Seeds very large, rounded with a pinched looking hilum.
Color: Dark brown, with a lighter brown hilum. Under high magnification seed appears speckled with black.
Surface: Seed covered in very fine velvety hairs. Under high magnification seed appears slightly glossy, but with naked eye, seed is matte.
Latitudinal Cross Section: elliptical 
Longitudinal Cross Section: elliptical 
Photo Gallery
Fruit, photo by Ben Legler
Flower, photo by Ben Legler
References
- ↑ Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=847533
- ↑ Bowcutt, F., & Hamman, Sarah. (2016). Vascular plants of the South Sound prairies (First ed.). Olympia, Washington: The Evergreen State College Press.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler, B. et al. (2018). Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
- ↑ WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Marah%20oregana
- ↑ Native American Ethnobotany Database. Retrieved from http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=marah+oreganus
