Cucurbitaceae De Jussieu 1789

A Dichotomous Key for the Identification of Species of Cucurbitaceae in Akwa Ibom State. 1a. Petal colour white ...............................................................................................................................................................................2 1b. Petal colour yellow .............................................................................................................................................................................5 2a. Leaf texture scabrid ............................................................................................................................................................................3 2b. Leaf texture smooth............................................................................................................................................................................4 3a. Fruit shape spherical........................................................................................................................................... Lagenaria sphaerica 3b. Fruit shape not spherical...................................................................................................................................... Lagenaria siceraria 4a. Leaf type compound .......................................................................................................................................... Telfairia occidentalis 4b. Leaf type simple ...................................................................................................................................... Trichosanthes cucumerina 5a. Leaf apex acute...................................................................................................................................................................................6 5b. Leaf apex acuminate...........................................................................................................................................................................9 6a. Tendrils unbranched .................................................................................................................................................. Cucumis sativus 6b. Tendrils branched ...............................................................................................................................................................................7 7a. Flowers solitary ..................................................................................................................................................................................8 7b. Flowers not solitary .................................................................................................................................................. Luffa aegyptiaca 8a. Fruit smooth........................................................................................................................................................... Cucurbita maxima 8b. Fruit pubescent ......................................................................................................................................................... Siraitia africana 9a. Leaf glabrous.................................................................................................................................................... Mormodica charantia 9b. Leaf pubescent..................................................................................................................................................................................10 10a. Fruit shape spherical................................................................................................................................................. Citrullus lanatus 10b. Fruit shape cylindrical ................................................................................................................................ Citrullus mucosospermus Published as part of Umoh, Omodot Timothy & Bassey, Margaret Emmanuel, 2021, Morphology and distribution of species of the family Cucurbitaceae in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, pp. 107-128 in Phytotaxa 508 (2) on page 123, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1, zenodo.org