There is several wild cucurbitacae in the Caribbean, for example you can find this one:
Itās called āTi konkonmā which mean small cucumber in creole
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Mangoholic@lemmy.ml āØ7ā© āØhoursā© ago
Why are there no wild pumpkins, cucumbers etc. growing? I never sawanuy of these randomly grow in nature, but they have to have been there.
There is several wild cucurbitacae in the Caribbean, for example you can find this one:
Itās called āTi konkonmā which mean small cucumber in creole
We tend to evolve wild plants in a way they canāt compete in the wild. That being said Iām not sure how we did that for those in particular.
Missouri has five native species of Cucurbitaceae.
Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com āØ7ā© āØhoursā© ago
Apparently the wild forms are native to Mexico and South America, so none growing in Europe or the US. Also, it is one of the earliest domesticated plant families - cultivated beginning more than 8,000 years ago - so the domestic varieties overwhelmingly outnumber the wild ones. From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbita