Marah fabaceus Calflora

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Taxon Report

Marah fabaceus (Naudin) E. Greene

(not an active name)

California manroot, Coast wild cucumber, Manroot

2006 Steve Matson

2005 Christopher L. Christie

Marah fabaceus is a perennial herb or vine that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.

also called Marah fabacea


	Plant Range Observation Search ~3104 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Marah
Family:	Cucurbitaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Habitat: coastal

Communities: Coastal Strand, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS

Alternate Names:


JEF	Marah fabacea

Information about Marah fabaceus from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. USDA PLANTS Profile (MAFA3) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).