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Jeffrey, C. (1978) Cucurbitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4
Climbing or prostrate, annual or perennial, monoecious or dioecious, herbs, less often woody lianes, rarely erect herbs without tendrils. Leaves alternate, palmately veined and often palmately lobed. Tendrils usually 1 at each node, rarely 0. Flowers unisexual, epigynous, axillary. Glandular bract-like "probracts" sometimes present at base of peduncles. Petals usually 5, free or united; corolla usually actinomorphic. Stamens basically 5 but commonly modified; staminodes often present in female flowers. Ovary inferior, 1(-3)-locular. Style with 2 or 3 lobes or styles 3. Fruit a capsule, berry or hard-shelled pepo. Worldwide: 120 genera and 775 species, mainly in tropical and warm areas, with a few temperate species. Botswana: 13 genera and 40 taxa. |
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| Genus | Content |
| Acanthosicyos Welw. ex Hook. f. | Description |
| Citrullus Schrad. ex Eckl. & Zeyh. | Description, Image |
| Coccinia Wight & Arn. | Description |
| Corallocarpus Welw. ex Hook. f. | Description |
| Ctenolepis Hook. f. | Description |
| Cucumis L. | Description |
| Kedrostis Medik. | Description, Image |
| Lagenaria Ser. | Description |
| Momordica L. | Description |
| Mukia Arn. | Description |
| Oreosyce Hook. f. | Description |
| Trochomeria Hook. f. | Description |
| Zehneria Endl. | Description |
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