Jungle Cucumber (Gurania makoyana: Cucurbitaceae) A large herbaceous, tendriled vine that grows on other plants. The plant is monoecious (male and female flowers on the same plant). The female flowers develop bitter pickle-sized fruits that are fed upon by birds and bats. It grows in wet to moist forest edges and in gaps. It ranges from sea level to 1,400 m (4,593 ft) elevation. Photographed on Selva Verde Lodge grounds, Sarapiqui, Heredia Province, Costa Rica. Caribbean slope at 41 m (137 ft) elevation. Lowland wet rainforest above Ri Sarapiqui.
