Taxon:  Bryonia dioica Jacq.



Summary
Genus:
Bryonia
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Bryonieae
Nomen number:
8028
Place of publication:
Fl. austriac. 2:59, t. 199.  1774
Verified:
05/15/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
4 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Bryonia cretica L. subsp. dioica (Jacq.) Tutin

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  3. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  4. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  5. Castroviejo, S. et al., eds. 1989-. Flora iberica: plantas vasculares de la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares.
  6. Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning
  7. Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR) Cambridge University Press.
  8. Demilly, D. et al. 1996. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6. Note: GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France
  9. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  10. Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
  11. Fennane, M. et al., eds. 1999-. Flore pratique du Maroc.
  12. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
  13. Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:444-447.
  14. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  15. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  16. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. Note: as Bryonia cretica subsp. dioica
  17. Molina, M. et al. 2016. Chapter 5. Natural production and cultivation of Mediterranean wild edibles. In: Sánchez-Mata, M. C. & J. Tello, Mediterranean wild edible plants. Ethnobotany and food composition tables 81-107. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3329-7_5. Note: this species is harvested in the wild, its young sprouts are edible
  18. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  19. Pottier-Alapetite, G. 1979-1981. Flore de la Tunisie: Angiospermes-Dicotyledones.
  20. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: = Bryonia cretica subsp. dioica (Jacq.) Tutin
  21. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishred bryony  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Englishwhite bryony  1Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Englishwild hop  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Frenchbryone dioïque  2Demilly, D. et al. 1996. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6. Note: GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France
Swedishröd hundrova  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:444-447.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:444-447.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeBelgium  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:444-447.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:444-447.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:444-447.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:444-447.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeNetherlands  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:444-447.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSlovakia  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:444-447.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:444-447.
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeDenmark  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:444-447.
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:444-447.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:444-447.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. SicilyJeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:444-447.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeMontenegro  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:444-447.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:444-447.
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:444-447.
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:444-447.
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:444-447.
2Cultivated    also cult. 
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, United Kingdom
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Slovakia
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy (incl. Sicily), Montenegro, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal
Cultivated (also cult.)

Reference(s)
  1. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
  2. Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:444-447.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Environmentalornamental Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Human foodvegetablepotentialMolina, M. et al. 2016. Chapter 5. Natural production and cultivation of Mediterranean wild edibles. In: Sánchez-Mata, M. C. & J. Tello, Mediterranean wild edible plants. Ethnobotany and food composition tables 81-107. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3329-7_5. Note: this species is harvested in the wild, its young sprouts are edible
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. Note: as Bryonia cretica subsp. dioica
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=8028. Accessed 17 April 2026.