Manroot Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

The Manroots or Wild cucumbers are the genus Marah of flowering plants in the gourd family Cucurbitaceae. They are native to western North America.

These are perennial plants, growing from a large tuber. Most have stout, scabrous or hairy stems, with coiling tendrils that enable them to climb up other plants; they can also grow rapidly across level ground. Their leaves tend to have multiple lobes, up to 7 in some species.

Fruits of plants in the genus Marah are striking and easily recognised. They are large, and spherical, oval or cylindrical. At a minimum they are 3cm in diameter, but can be up to 20cm long, and in many species they are covered in long spines.

The name "Marah" comes from a Hebrew word meaning "bitter", and was given because all parts of these plants tend to have a bitter taste.

Some authors include the man-roots in genus Echinocystis. Considered as a separate genus, however, it includes six or seven species, some of them with well-defined varieties within them.

Species in genus Marah

• California Manroot, Marah fabaceus
  • Marah fabaceus var. agrestis
  • Marah fabaceus var. fabaceus
• Gila Manroot, Marah gilensis
• Sierra Manroot, Marah horridus
• Cucamonga Manroot, Marah macrocarpus
  • Marah macrocarpus var. macrocarpus
  • Marah macrocarpus var. major
  • Marah macrocarpus var. micranthus
• Coastal Manroot Marah oreganus
• Taw Manroot Marah watsonii

• Jepson manual treatment of genus Marah

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