Marah (plant)
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Marah are flowering plants in the gourd family, native to western North America. The genus was named for Marah in the Book of Exodus, which was said to be named for the bitter water there.
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Coastal manroot (Marah oregana) fruit
Cucamonga manroot (Marah macrocarpus) root
Staminate flowers of Cucamonga manroot (Marah macrocarpus)
Marah fabacea
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Marah fabacea, the California manroot or bigroot, is the most common of the manroot species native to California. Its range throughout the state subsumes nearly the entire ranges of all the other Cali
Marah (plant)
…genus Echinocystis. Considered as a separate genus, however, it includes six to eight species, some of them with well-defined varieties within them: Marah fabacea (Naudin) Greene – California manroot Marah fabacea var. agrestis Marah fabacea var. fabacea Marah gilensis (Greene) Greene – Gila manroot…
Marah fabaceus
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