Native Plants
Cucurbita foetidissima
Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth
Stinking Gourd, Buffalo Gourd, Missouri Gourd, Stink Gourd, Wild Gourd
Cucurbitaceae (Cucumber Family)
USDA Symbol: CUFOUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
Specimen & Label Data
Cucurbita foetidissima
Buffalo-Gourd
Cucurbitaceae
Location: 20 m S of walking path from horse pens to new iron bridge & 150 m W of crossing of path & Wolfeton Way--Oakwell Farms, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Clamboring & climbing in/over Poaceae, small shrubs/ trees. Level, alkaline soil. Full sun.
Description: Rampant vine from perennial root. Leaves deltoid, thick, coarse, 3 dm long, noxious smelling when bruised. Fruit globose, lemon-yellow when ripe,to 75 mm dia, rind hard on drying, seed many, pale-yellow, flat, ovate, to 1 cm long.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Aug 5, 1994
Specimen number: 657
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0941
Accession Date: Oct 27, 1994
Accession Number: 73
Annotations: MXFXB (In fruit)