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Cucurbitaceae
... are berries (pepo) but may be very large and bottle-shaped containing many seeds, or an explosively dehiscent capsule. A few members of the family are regarded as invasive weeds. The Cucurbitaceae includes many important food plants (cucumber, melon, pumpkin, squash) as well as useful inedible species (bottle gourds, loofah, ornamental gourds). Members of this family have been cultivated for at ...
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Desirable Vegetable Varieties: Melons
... "snake" melon. C. melo conomon is the Oriental pickling melon. C. melo agrestis is the "wild melon". C. melo chito is the "orange melon". C. melo momordica is the "snap" melon. Melons are of the family Cucurbitaceae, which includes their close cousins, cucumbers (in fact, some vegetables grown as "cucumbers" are really melons), as well as squashes of all sorts ( ...
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Desirable Vegetable Varieties: Pumpkins
... links to lots more The Pumpkin Patch - "Everything you could ever want to know about pumpkins!" The Pumpkin Nook - "The Internet Shrine and Library for Pumpkins" Odds and Ends Biology Pumpkins are members of the Cucurbitaceae family, which includes all squashes as well as melons and cucumbers. History The word "pumpkin" comes from the Greek pepn, a large melon; ...
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HortNews- May 2005
... good works. NOMENCLATURE Let's start with the basics. All melons are in the same family- Cucurbitaceae, the cucurbit or gourd family. This large family has more than 100 branches, including cucumbers, gourds, ... , is easily identified by its netted skin and is called netted or summer melon. This group includes Galia and Charentais melons as well as what we call cantaloupe. In America, the terms " ...
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Flora of China Newsletter
... 12 (Hippocastanaceae-Theaceae), 11 (Oxalidaceae-Aceraceae), 7 (Berberidaceae-Capparaceae), 10 (Fabaceae), 25 (Burmanniaceae-Orchidaceae), 23 (Cyperaceae-Lemnaceae), 19 (Lentibulariaceae-Dipsacaceae), 20 (Cucurbitaceae-Asteraceae: part 1), 21 (Asteraceae: part 2), 2 (Davalliaceae-Thelypteridaceae), 3 (Blechnaceae-Azollaceae), and 1 (Psilotaceae-Lindsaeaceae). The illustration volumes are published ...
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FLORA OF NORTH AMERICA - Newsletter - Vol 14, No. 1
... Convolvulaceae Cuscutaceae Gentianaceae Loganiaceae Menyanthaceae Solanaceae 2003 Volume 6 (treatments due June 2002) Begoniaceae Bixaceae Caricaceae Cistaceae Clusiaceae Cucurbitaceae Datiscaceae Droseraceae Elatinaceae Flacourtiaceae Fouquieriaceae Loasaceae Malvaceae Paeoniaceae Passifloraceae Sarraceniaceae Sterculiaceae Tamaricaceae Theaceae Tiliaceae Turneraceae Violaceae 2004 Volume 19 ( ...
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Growing and Curing Gourds in the Home Garden, HYG-1630-96
... and as ornaments. Gourds are related to melons, squash, pumpkins, and cucumbers, all members of the Cucurbitaceae or Cucumber family. There are three types of gourds covered in this fact sheet: the ... group produce large orange or yellow blossoms that bloom in the daytime. The lagenaria group includes the Martin or Birdhouse, Bottle and Dipper gourds. These plants produce white blossoms that bloom ...
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The World of Gourds
... ; and 8. White Bush Scallop (Cucurbita pepo). The World's Largest Fruit The Gourd Family (Cucurbitaceae) includes hundreds of species of vines bearing coiled, climbing tendrils and some of the most ... and banana come from the Old World Cucumis melo. The remarkable variety of melons certainly includes some of the juiciest, sweetest and most delicious fruits on earth. The infamous cucumber, precursor ...
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Watch Your Garden Grow - Winter Squash
... fed upon and removing the larvae. Q. Is Turks Turban an edible squash? A. Yes, but it has relatively poor flesh quality and is more often grown for its ornamental value than for cooking. The squash family (Cucurbitaceae) includes pumpkins, summer squash and winter squash. They are really edible gourds. There are many varieties with a wide range of flavors ...
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Open Directory - Science:Biology:Flora and Fauna:Plantae:Magnoliophyta:Magnoliopsida
... and scientific links. The Cannabaceae family includes Humulus and Cannabis. The links presented here in the taxonomic tree are educational and scientific in nature. Cucurbitaceae Biology of the plant family that includes gourds, pumpkins, cucumbers, melons, and squash. Cytinaceae Small family of parasitic herbs in the Rafflesiales. Fabaceae Also called Leguminosae, the legume family. One of the ...
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