Bryonia alba, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 297

1. B. alba L. , Sp. Pl. 1012 (1753).

Dioecious in S.E. Europe, elsewhere monoecious. Stems up to 4 m, branched. Leaves 5-10 cm, ovate, cordate, 5-angled or palmately 5-lobed; lobes ovate or triangular, acute or acuminate, sharply dentate, the central much longer than the lateral. Calyx of female flowers usually as long as the corolla. Stigma glabrous. Fruit 7-8 mm in diameter, black. 5., C. & E. Europe; formerly cultivated as a medicinal plant and often naturalized further north and west. Al Au Bu Ge G r He Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (C, W, K, E) Tu [Be Cz Da Fe Ga No Rs (B) Su].