| CUCURBITACEAE Introduction: This is a checklist of taxa generated from the database. Genera and species which are purely cultivated have been excluded. To go to the main family page, click on the family name above. | No image yet | 
| Literature: | |
| Jeffrey, C. (1978) Cucurbitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 | |
| Keraudren-Aymonin, M. (1975) Cucurbitaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles | |
| Names | FZ Divisions | 
| 8560.000 OREOSYCE Hook. f. | |
| Oreosyce africana Hook. f. | |
| Cucumis cecilii N.E. Br. | |
| Cucumis subsericeus Hook. f. | |
| Oreosyce triangularis Cogn. | |
| 8564.000 ZEHNERIA Endl. | |
| Zehneria marlothii (Cogn.) R. Fern. & A. Fern. | |
| Melothria acutifolia Cogn. | |
| Melothria marlothii Cogn. | |
| 8564.010 CTENOLEPIS Hook. f. | |
| Ctenolepis cerasiformis (Stocks) Hook. f. | N | 
| Blastania cerasiformis (Stocks) Meeuse | |
| Blastania fimbristipula Kotschy & Perr. | |
| Zehneria cerasiformis Stocks | |
| 8568.000 KEDROSTIS Medik. | |
| Kedrostis abdallai A. Zimm. | |
| Kedrostis capensis (Sond.) A. Meeuse | N,SW,SE | 
| Kedrostis crassirostrata Bremek. | N,SW,SE | 
| Kedrostis foetidissima (Jacq.) Cogn. | N,SW,SE | 
| Kedrostis foetidissima (Jacq.) Cogn. subsp. obtusiloba (Sond.) Meeuse | |
| Trichosanthes foetidissima Jacq. | |
| Zehneria obtusiloba Sond. | |
| Kedrostis leloja (Forssk.) C. Jeffrey | N | 
| Kedrostis hirtella (Naudin) Cogn. | |
| Kedrostis natalensis (Hook. f.) Meeuse | |
| Rhynchocarpa hirtella Naud. | |
| Toxanthera kwebensis N.E. Br. | |
| Toxanthera lugardae N.E. Br. | |
| Toxanthera natalensis Hook. f. | |
| Turia leloja J.F. Gmel. | |
| Kedrostis nana (Lam.) Cogn. | |
| var. nana | N | 
| 8569.000 CORALLOCARPUS Welw. ex Hook. f. | |
| Corallocarpus bainesii (Hook. f.) A. Meeuse | N | 
| Corallocarpus sphaerocarpus Cogn. | |
| Kedrostis bainesii (Hook.f.) Cogn. | |
| Rhynchocarpa bainesii Hook. f. | |
| Corallocarpus schinzii Cogn. ex Schinz | |
| Corallocarpus triangularis Cogn. | |
| Corallocarpus sphaerocarpus var. scaberrimus Cogn. | |
| Corallocarpus welwitschii (Naudin) Hook.f. | |
| Corallocarpus wildii C. Jeffrey | |
| 8590.000 ACANTHOSICYOS Welw. ex Hook. f. | |
| Acanthosicyos naudinianus (Sond.) C. Jeffrey | N,SW,SE | 
| Citrullus naudinianus (Sond.) Hook. f. | |
| Colocynthis naudinianus (Sond.) Kuntze | |
| Cucumis naudinianus Sond. | |
| 8591.000 MOMORDICA L. | |
| Momordica balsamina L. | |
| Momordica involucrata E. Mey. ex Sond. | |
| Momordica boivinii Baill. | |
| Raphanistrocarpus boivinii (Baill.) Cogn. | |
| Raphanocarpus boivinii (Baill.) Chiov. | |
| Momordica cardiospermoides Klotzsch | |
| Momordica clematidea Sond. | |
| Momordica kirkii (Hook. f.) C. Jeffrey | N | 
| Raphanocarpus kirkii Hook. f. | |
| Momordica repens Bremek. | |
| 8598.000 CITRULLUS Schrad. ex Eckl. & Zeyh. | |
| Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai | N | 
| Citrullus vulgaris Eckl. & Zeyh. | |
| Colocynthis citrullus (L.) Kuntze | |
| Cucurbita citrullus L. | |
| Momordica lanata Thunb. | |
| 8599.000 CUCUMIS L. | |
| CUCUMELLA Chiov. | |
| MUKIA Arn. | |
| Cucumis africanus L. f. | |
| Cucumis anguria L. | |
| var. anguria | N | 
| Cucumis ficifolius sensu Wild | |
| Cucumis longipes Hook. f. | |
| Cucumis anguria L. | |
| var. longaculeatus J.H. Kirkbr. | N,SE | 
| Cucumis cinereus (Cogn.) Ghebret. & Thulin | |
| Cucumis hirsutus Sond. | N,SE | 
| Cucumis seretioides Suesseng. | |
| Cucumis sonderi Cogn. | |
| Cucumis welwitschii Cogn. | |
| Cucumis kalahariensis Meeuse | SW,SE | 
| Cucumis maderaspatanus L. | N | 
| Bryonia cordifolia L. | |
| Bryonia scabrella L. | |
| Coccinia cordifolia (L.) Cogn. | |
| Melothria maderaspatana (L.) Cogn. | |
| Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M. Roem. | |
| Mukia scabrella (L.) Arn. | |
| Cucumis meeusei C. Jeffrey | N | 
| Cucumis metuliferus Naudin | N,SE | 
| Cucumis metulifer E. Mey. ex Naudin | |
| Cucumis myriocarpus Naudin | |
| subsp. myriocarpus | |
| Cucumis quintanilhae R. Fern. & A. Fern. | |
| Cucumis zeyheri Sond. | SE | 
| Cucumis africanus L. f. var. zeyheri (Sond.) Burtt Davy | |
| Cucumis africanus sensu Watt & Breyer-Brandwijk non L. f. | |
| Cucumis ficifolius sensu Watt & Breyer-Brandwijk p.p. non A. Rich. | |
| Cucumis prophetarum L. subsp. zeyheri (Sond.) C. Jeffey | |
| 8608.000 TROCHOMERIA Hook. f. | |
| Trochomeria debilis (Sond.) Hook. f. | N,SW,SE | 
| Trochomeria macrocarpa (Sond.) Hook. f. | |
| subsp. macrocarpa | SE | 
| Zehneria macrocarpa Sond. | |
| 8610.000 LAGENARIA Ser. | |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. | |
| Cucurbita siceraria Molina | |
| Lagenaria sphaerica (Sond.) Naudin | |
| Lagenaria mascarena Naud. | |
| Luffa sphaerica Sond. | |
| Sphaerosicyos sphaericus (Cogn.) Sond. | |
| 8628.000 COCCINIA Wight & Arn. | |
| Coccinia adoensis (A. Rich.) Cogn. | N | 
| Coccinia roseiflora Suess. | |
| Momordica adoensis A. Rich. | |
| Coccinia rehmannii Cogn. | |
| Coccinia ovifera Dinter & Gilg | |
| Coccinia sessilifolia (Sond.) Cogn. | N,SW,SE | 
| Cephalandra sessilifolia Sond. | |
| Coccinia schinzii Cogn. |