Tumamoca macdougalii
| Tumamoca macdougalii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Genus: | Tumamoca |
| Species: | T. macdougalii |
| Binomial name | |
| Tumamoca macdougalii Rose | |
Tumamoca macdougalii Rose is a member of the Cucurbitaceae or gourd family. Also called the Tumamoc globeberry,[1] it is native to a very narrow area of the Sonoran Desert, and is found in both Sonora and Arizona. It is one of two species in genus Tumamoca.[2][3]
Tumamoca macdougalii is a monoecious vine climbing over various shrubs. Stems die in the Fall, but tuberous roots generally persist through the winter. Leaves are deeply 3-lobed, nearly cleft, each lobe similarly divided into several sections. Flowers are pale yellow with narrow corolla lobes. Pistillate (female) flowers are solitary in the leaf axils; staminate (male) flowers in racemes of 2-6 flowers. Fruits are spherical, red, rarely yellow, about 10 mm (0.4 inches) in diameter.[4]
Uses
The Seri and Tohono O'odham eat the fruits of T. macdougalii.[5][6]
References
- ↑ "Tulipa macdougalii". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ↑ Schaefer, Hanno; Renner, Susanne S. (February 2011), "Phylogenetic relationships in the order Cucurbitales and a new classification of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae)" (PDF), Taxon 60 (1): 122–138, retrieved 2 May 2011
- ↑ Kearns, Denis M. 1994. A revision of Tumamoca (Cucurbitaceae). Madroño 41(1):23-29.
- ↑ Rose, Joseph Nelson. 1912. Tumamoca, a new genus of Cucurbitaceae. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 16(1): 21 + pl. 17.
- ↑ Felger, R. S. and M. B. Moser. 1985. People of the Desert and Sea. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.
- ↑ Hodgson, W. C. 2001. Food Plants of the Sonoran Desert. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.