Wild Cucumber
Cucumis africanus
Colour: | Yellow |
Height: | |
Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
Wild Cucumber is also called Wild Gherkin. It is indigenous to Africa.
The fruits look like small prickly cucumbers. Some of them are very bitter
and are poisonous. THose that are not bitter are edible.
These photos were taken in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
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