Keraudren-Aymonin, M. (1975) Cucurbitaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles
Prostrate or climbing, monoecious or dioecious, herbs. Flowers white, cream, yellow or orange. Male flowers often with a prominent bract. Petals 5, free. Stamens 3, two 2-thecous, one 1-thecous or less often 2, one 3-thecous and the other 2-thecous. Female flowers solitary. Stigma 3-lobed. Fruit tuberculate, spiny, winged or ribbed, rarely smooth. Worldwide: 45 species in the Old World tropics DRC: 12 taxa. |
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| anigosantha Hook. f. | VIII | Description, Image |
| cabrae (Cogn.) C.Jeffrey | II,III,IV,V,VI | Description |
| calantha Gilg | IX | Description |
| charantia L. subsp. charantia | I,II,III,IV,V,VI,VII,VIII,IX,XI | Description, Image |
| cissoides Planch. ex Cogn. | II,III,IV,V,VI,VII,VIII,IX,XI | Description |
| enneaphylla Cogn. | VI | Description |
| foetida Schumach. | II,III,IV,V,VI,VII,VIII,IX,XI | Description, Image |
| gilgiana Cogn. | IV,VI | Description |
| jeffreyana Keraudren | VI | Description |
| multiflora Hook.f. var. multiflora | II,III,IV,V,VI,VII | Description |
| parvifolia Cogn. | III,IV,VI | Description |
| pterocarpa Hochst. ex A. Rich. | V,VI,VIII,IX | Description |