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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