Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Threat only at high elevations?  no

Other Latin names:  Bryonia glandulosa Poepp. & Endl.

Common name(s): [more details]

Spanish: melon de monte

Habit:  vine

Description:  "Robust vine.  Leaves 3-lobed, to 20 cm long, lateral lobes nearly as long as the mid-lobe, the surface rough; tendrils simple.  Flowers in short racemes, panicles, or solitary; calyx-tube up to 1.5 cm long and wide, lobes triangular, 5 mm long, green; corolla yellow-green, to 4 cm in diameter, the inside of the lobes densely pubescent.  Fruit ellipsoid, ca 2 cm long, 1.5 cm in diameter, purplish-black" (Dolson & Gentry, 1978; p. 308).

Habitat/ecology:  "In disturbed areas and in mature forest" (Dolson & Gentry, 1978; p. 308).

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  Panama to Bolivia (Dolson & Gentry, 1978; p. 308).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Ecuador (Galápagos Islands) Floreana Group	Floreana Island	introduced invasive cultivated	Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Colombia Colombia	Colombia (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
Costa Rica Costa Rica	Costa Rica (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
Ecuador (Mainland) Ecuador	Ecuador (Republic of) (continental)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
Nicaragua Nicaragua	Nicaragua (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
Panama Panama	Panama (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
Perú Perú	Perú (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

Additional information:  Additional online information about Cayaponia glandulosa is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Taxonomic information about Cayaponia glandulosa may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

References:

Charles Darwin Research Station. 2005. CDRS Herbarium records.

Dodson, C. H./Gentry, A. H. 1978. Flora of the Rio Palenque Science Center. Selbyana 4.

U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. 2007. National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Online searchable database.