Bryonia
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Bryonia is a genus of flowering plants in the gourd family. Bryony is its best-known common name. They are native to western Eurasia and adjacent regions, such as North Africa, the Canary Islands and
P1000627 Bryonia dioica Plant
Male flower of white bryony (B. alba)
The toxic berries of red bryony (B. dioica)
A bryony with its dup-up root.
Bryonia dioica
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Bryonia dioica, known by the common names red bryony and white bryony, also English mandrake or ladies' seal, is a perennial climbing vine indigenous to Central and Southern Europe. It is a flowering
Bryonia
…Bryonia is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), including the tortrix moth Phtheochroa rugosana (recorded on red bryony, B. dioica) and the cabbage moth (Mamestra brassicae). The horticultural value contributes to formation of pest and crop damage by the food plant…
Flowers of Bryonia dioica
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