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Cucurbitaceae facts for kids
| Cucurbitaceae | |
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| Hodgsonia male plant | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae Juss. |
Cucurbitaceae is a plant family commonly known as gourds or cucurbits and includes crops like cucumbers, squashes (including pumpkins), luffas, melons and watermelons. The family is predominantly distributed around the tropics, where those with edible fruits were amongst the earliest cultivated plants in both the Old and New Worlds.
Most of the plants in this family are annual vines but there are also woody lianas, thorny shrubs, and trees. Many species have large, yellow or white flowers. The stems are hairy. The fruit is often a kind of berry. There are about 825 species.
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Images for kids
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Pumpkins and squashes displayed in a show competition
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Cucurbits on display at the Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid, with the title "Variedades de calabaza"
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Round melons and elongated adzhur melons in Kursi church mosaic, Israel, near the Sea of Galilee