Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Ibervillea lindheimeri
Ibervillea lindheimeri (A. Gray) Greene
Balsam Gourd, Lindheimer's Globeberry, Globe Berry, Snake-apple, Balsam-apple
Cucurbitaceae (Cucumber Family)
USDA Symbol: IBLIUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Ibervillea lindheimeri
Lindheimer Globeberry
Cucurbitaceae
Location: N side of the East-West Path & 30 m E of intersection of E-W & Wolfeton Paths--Oakwell Farms, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Climbing in shade of Prosopis & Ulmus.
Description: Slender perennial vine, climbing by simple tendrils. Leaves w/petioles to 55 mm long x 85 mm broad, dark-green. Pistillate flower solitary in axils, yellow-green. Ovary inferior. Fruit a berry (green in this immature speciment), 18 mm dia. Seed many, flat orbicular, w/axial placentation.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: May 4, 1994
Specimen number: 576
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0863
Accession Date: Aug 23, 1994
Accession Number: 66
Annotations: DPXFB Dioecious (In flower & fruit)