8599.000 Cucumis L.
CUCUMELLA Chiov.
MUKIA Arn.
Fayaz, F. (2011)
Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand
Keraudren-Aymonin, M. (1975)
Cucurbitaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial, monoecious or dioecious, herbs with climbing or prostrate stems. Leaves simple. Tendrils simple at each node (except C. humifructus which has 2-8 at each node). Male flowers solitary or in few-flowered fascicles; female flowers solitary. Disk obvious, free from the receptacle-tube. Ovary smooth or bearing setae, spines or tubercles. Stamens 3, two 2-thecous, one 1-thecous. Worldwide: 32 species in the Old World tropics Burundi: 3 taxa. |
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