Cucurbitaceae
Bryonia dioica Jacquin
Bryonia cretica subsp.dioica (Jacquin) Tutin
white bryony
central and southern Europe, western Asia, North Africa;
introduced into North America, New Zealand
Because of its thick root, which grows deep in the ground,Bryonia dioicawas
popularly identified with mandrake (Mandragoraspp.) by country folk, a
St John’s-worts to Primulas 113Bryonia dioica, white
bryony (Bock 1556,
p. 311)