Cucurbitaceae

Subfamily Cucurbitoideae
Tribe Benincaseae

• Benincasinae: Ecballium elaterium

Subfamily Cucurbitoideae
Tribe Cucurbiteae

• Cucurbita foetidissima W/C

Subfamily Cucurbitoideae
Tribe Cyclanthereae

• Cyclanthera pedata

Subfamily Cucurbitoideae
Tribe Joliffieae

• Thladianthinae: Momordica charantia
• Thladianthinae: Momordica rostrata

Subfamily Cucurbitoideae
Tribe Melothrieae

• Ibervillea tenuisecta
• Dendrosicyinae: Dendrosicyos socotranus

Subfamily Cucurbitoideae
Tribe Sicyeae

• Cyclantherinae: Marah macrocarpus

Subfamily Cucurbitoideae
Tribe Trichosantheae

• Herpetosperminae: Cephalopentandra ecirrhosa

Subfamily Zanonioideae
Tribe Zanonieae

• Zanoniinae: Neoalsomitra sarcophylla
• Zanoniinae: Xerosicyos danguyi

• Common Name: Squirting Cucumber
• Family: Cucurbitaceae Juss.

• Country of Origin: Mediterranean and Macaronesia
• Habitat: Hot dry places on waste ground and roadsides

• Description: A trailing to slightly bushy perennial that has wet, messy, exploding seed pods, it is more a gardeners practical joke than a major garden ornament. the trailing habit lends itself to ground cover or climbing up a low fence. Leaves are palmately lobed and bristly, and both male and female flowers appear on one plant. The flowers are funnel-shaped, about 1 inch across and are deep yellow. The hairy seed pods are blue-green

  Culture as for its close relatives, cucumbers and pumpkins.