• The Cucurbitaceae (IPA: /kukuɾbitɑt͡ʃɛɛ/) , also called cucurbits or the gourd family, are a plant family consisting of about 965 species in around 95 genera. (wikipedia.org)
  • The family Cucurbitaceae ranks among the highest of plant families for number and percentage of species used as human food. (wikipedia.org)
  • The detailed anatomy of four species and three varieties of melons in an interesting and somewhat unusual family, Cucurbitaceae is presented. (scialert.net)
  • Comparative and systematic studies on the anatomy of the root, stem and leaf of all the melon species belonging to the Cucurbitaceae family in Nigeria is being presented together for the first time. (scialert.net)
  • The aim of this study is to carry out in depth anatomical studies of the root, stem and leaf of the different species of the family Cucurbitaceae with a view to providing features that may be of taxonomic value in their identification and classification. (scialert.net)
  • Describes 226 species of 32 families of medicinal plants, which are commonly used in Chinese medicine. (edu.sy)
  • A new species of Herpetospermum (Schizopeponeae, Cucurbitaceae) is described from north-eastern India, northern Myanmar and southwest China (Xizang and Yunnan). (naturalis.nl)
  • The Malvaceae family in Lithuania is represented by 12 species, Cucurbitaceae by 5, Euphorbiaceae by 4, Resedaceae by 2, each Cannabaceae, Moraceae, and Tiliaceae by 1 alien plant species. (gamtostyrimai.lt)
  • Thirteen alien species described here are naturalized and 13 are casuals. (gamtostyrimai.lt)
  • 16 Surprising Health Benefits Of Cantaloupes Fruit Cantaloupe also called cantelope, cantaloup, muskmelon in India and the United States, or muskmelon, rockmelon, sweet melon, honeydew, Persian melon, spanspek or Garmak describes a variety of Cucumis melo, a species in the family Cucurbitaceae. (irishfilmnyc.com)
  • Of those three species, S. xizangensis and S. bomiensis have 5-lobed leaves, while the leaf of S. bicirrhosus is described as "irregularly dentate, apex caudate-acuminate", which fits nicely your plant. (efloraofindia.com)
  • In particular, antennal sensilla are similar to those described in predatory species but in Epilachnini they are much more numerous on the apical flagellum, probably because involved in host plant location and selection. (unipg.it)
  • There are a number of signifi cant reasons why many more of the 1,200 described species of whitefl ies (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) (Mound and Halsey 1978) deserve attention. (taylorfrancis.com)
  • Twelve species in Chenopodiaceae, Compositae, Cruciferae, Cucurbitaceae, Leguminosae and Solanaceae were not infected when inoculated by aphids and/or with plant sap ( Inouye & Mitsuhata, 1973 ). (dpvweb.net)
  • Clivia nobilis was the first species of Clivia to be described in 1828. (sanbi.org)
  • The Jacaratia Spinosa fruit is a species of flowering plant in the family Cucurbitaceae, native to Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. (startswithy.com)
  • The lectin from D. violacea (DVL) already has its activity described as anti-candida in some species. (bvsalud.org)
  • The name Cucurbitaceae comes to international scientific vocabulary from Neo-Latin, from Cucurbita, the type genus, + -aceae, a standardized suffix for plant family names in modern taxonomy. (wikipedia.org)
  • A gourd is a plant of the family Cucurbitaceae. (absoluteastronomy.com)
  • b) Describe the family Cucurbitaceae, giving floral diagrams, floral formulae. (iasexamportal.com)
  • The present disclosure relates generally to methods of preparing a sweet juice composition from terpene glycoside-containing fruit, and more specifically methods of preparing a sweet juice composition from monk fruit and other terpene glycoside-containing fruits of the Cucurbitaceae family using cation and anion exchange resins. (google.com)
  • Cucurbitacins are a wide group of natural products found in several plant families, especially in the Cucurbitaceae family. (currentmedicinalchemistry.com)
  • For example, the pro-oxidant enzyme lipoxygenase (LOX) is known to be inhibited by pumpkin seed extracts, but not due to the presence of any single family of antioxidant nutrients (for example, the phenolic acids described earlier). (truthwiki.org)
  • It is a vine that comes in the Cucurbitaceae family, commonly found in Asia, Africa. (pplanter.com)
  • While both pumpkins and squashes technically qualify as gourds-a broad term for any member of the Cucurbitaceae family-several different types of each fruit differ in shape, size, and coloration. (bakingkneads.com)
  • Cucumis melo L. cantaloupe) are part of the Cucurbitaceae plant family and are also commonly referred to as muskmelon ( Cucumis melo ). (colostate.edu)
  • The Bitter Melon, pronounced 'bi-tr-meh-luh', or Bitter Gourd pronounced 'bi-tr-gord' (with the scientific name "Momordica Charantia"), is part of the Cucurbitaceae family grown in Asia, South America, East Africa, and the Caribbean used as food and as well as traditional and modern medicine. (yummykitchentv.com)
  • There is disclosed a method for producing an interferon inducer from the plants of the genus Cucurbitaceae, such as Japanese pumpkin (See Patent Document 2, for example). (allindianpatents.com)
  • In the Cucurbitaceae, the tendrils, coiling organs used for climbing and mechanical support, are part of an axillary bud complex (ABC). (wiley.com)
  • Although the morphological nature of tendrils and the branching pattern of the ABC in the Cucurbitaceae have been much studied, their homology remains unresolved, with hypothesized candidates being the leaf, flower, stem, or stem-leaf combination. (wiley.com)
  • It grows on a vine mainly in tropical regions and is described as being one of the most bitter of all fruits but is lauded for its many health benefits. (boxnutra.com)
  • Known to be one of the most bitter fruits or vegetables, having many names such as 'Karela' in India, 'Ampalaya' in the Philippines, 'Bitter melon' in Australia, and 'Bitter squash' in other countries, with many other names that all describe its taste. (yummykitchentv.com)
  • Quality of fruits of Cucurbitaceae in climate change. (orgprints.org)
  • Finally, its feeding results in a plant disorder known as squash silverleaf with certain members of Cucurbitaceae (Costa et al. (taylorfrancis.com)
  • You may hear squash and pumpkin used to describe the same thing. (bakingkneads.com)
  • The Bitter gourd is described as a tendril bearing plant, or a herbaceous plant with vines that that can grow to about 16 feet in length, bearing small yellow female and male flowers during June to July, that then turns into an unique oblong-shaped fruit with wrinkled and bumpy textured skin in the months of September to November. (yummykitchentv.com)
  • Names The name ''luffa'' was taken by European botanists in the 17th century from the Egyptian-Arabic name ''lūf''.The plant name "luffa" was introduced to Western botany nomenclature by the botanist Johann Vesling (died 1649), who visited Egypt in the late-1620s and described the plant under cultivation with artificial irrigation in Egypt. (theinfolist.com)
  • Food historian Waverley Root described the vegetable as "as close to neutrality as a vegetable can get without ceasing to exist. (accokeek.org)
  • The most recent classification of Cucurbitaceae delineates 15 tribes: Tribe Gomphogyneae Benth. (wikipedia.org)
  • a) Describe the classification given by Engler and Prantl and comment on its merits and demerits. (iasexamportal.com)
  • The Cucurbitaceae are among the most important plant families that supply man with edible products and useful fibres. (niir.org)
  • c) Draw a well-labelled diagram of L.S. of Gnetum ovule and briefly describe its female gametophyte also. (iasexamportal.com)
  • b) Describe the plants used as sources of fibres, dyes and resins with suitable examples. (iasexamportal.com)
  • The term 'gourd' however, can more specifically, refer to the plants of the two Cucurbitaceae genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita or also to their hollow dried out shell. (absoluteastronomy.com)
  • It must be noted that many ethno-botanical surveys on medicinal plants used by the local population have been performed in different parts of the world and there is a considerable number of plants described as antidiabetic. (gotomydoctor.com)
  • Further, the fruit of S. bomiensis is described as glabrous, while the one of S. bicirrhosus is white pubescent (and this can be seen on your pictures). (efloraofindia.com)
  • 8 varieties of T. pulegioides were found in the described habitats. (gamtostyrimai.lt)
  • Cucurbitaceae is of high economic value, being a major source of food for man. (scialert.net)
  • In many food markets, pepitas are available in all of the forms described above - raw and shelled, raw and unshelled, roasted and shelled, roasted and unshelled. (truthwiki.org)
  • Allspice, also known as pimienta, newspice or Jamaicain spice, is a wonderful spice with a unique flavor profile that has been described as being a. (naturalnews.com)
  • The flavor has been described as a cross between a pineapple and a mango, with a hint of banana. (startswithy.com)
  • It was described for the first time in 1924 by the paleobotanist Frank Hall Knowlton. (wikipedia.org)
  • a) Describe the symptoms, causal organisms and control measures of white rust of crucifers and red rot of sugarcane. (iasexamportal.com)
  • More specifically, gourd refers to the fruits of plants in the two Cucurbitaceae genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita, or also to their hollow, dried-out shell.A pumpkin is a cultivar of a squash plant, most commonly of Cucurbita pepo, that is round, with smooth, slightly ribbed skin, and deep yellow to orange coloration. (desktopnexus.com)
  • More specifically, gourd refers to the fruits of plants in the two Cucurbitaceae genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita, or also to their hollow, dried-out shell. (desktopnexus.com)
  • The cucumber ( Cucumis sativus ) is a widely cultivated plant in the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, which includes squash, and in the same genus as the muskmelon. (englishgratis.com)
  • Prickly paddy melon is also a problematic invasive weed in southern Europe and California (Grubben and Denton 2004), while the global invasiveness of camel melon and colocynth is currently not well described. (spolocnostskeptikov.sk)
  • Background: Watermelon silver mottle virus (WSMoV), which belongs to the genus Tospovirus, causes significant loss in Cucurbitaceae plants. (ijbiotech.com)
  • Based on four fertile collections, we here describe and illustrate Coccinia intermedia Holstein. (uni-muenchen.de)
  • Vine decline is a broad term used to describe a disease syndrome in cucurbits in which the vines begin to collapse and die as the fruit approach maturity. (usda.gov)
  • In the following pages diverse life forms in relation to the habitat, habit and duration of life have been described briefly. (thelivelearns.com)
  • Whitmont and Coulter also briefly described how the specific substance that we use in homeopathy acts in nature. (hpathy.com)
  • In fact, kabocha is often described to be closer in flavor and texture to sweet potato than to the traditional pumpkin we associate with Halloween. (gogomabakes.com)
  • They are distinguished from the allied plants of the natural order Cucurbitaceae, by having the flowers monoecious, or occasionally dioecious, the 5 stamens united into 3 bundles, and the fruit globular and berry-like. (henriettes-herb.com)
  • These characteristics and the sequenced PCR amplified fragments matched with those described for Podosphaera xanthii that was composed of the physiological races 1, 2F, 4 and 5. (academicjournals.org)
  • Although B-vitamin download provides Leaf-cutting fragments in older organisms, the national heart describes not not BATHED. (harveyphillipsfoundation.org)
  • however, most were reported in cereal crop plants (Eshed and Lippman, 2019) and few have been characterized in the Cucurbitaceae, which are economically important horticultural plants cultivated worldwide. (irta.cat)
  • The "constitutional types" that Kent described play an important role in the practice of professional homeopaths today. (hpathy.com)
  • There's the botanical definition, which is used in plant classification to describe fairly wide groups of plants with similar characteristics. (theseedcollection.com.au)
  • The disease was first described in Greece in 1989 by Vakalounakis, who identified the pathogen as a new forma specialis of F . oxysporum (Fo) 1 . (nature.com)
  • Infected watermelons with signs of disease symptoms of WSMoV were collected from Guangzhou, South China and the infection was confirmed by double antibody sandwich ELISA (DAS-ELISA) and RT-PCR as described previously (3). (ijbiotech.com)
  • There is a paucity of realistic data describing the potential for entry of PCDD/Fs into the food supply via sewage sludge. (nih.gov)
  • Our purpose was to examine only the empirical literature and to use that literature to describe the potential transfer of PCDD/F from soil to foodstuffs, to derive empirical models of the transfer, and to identify data gaps in the science. (nih.gov)
  • In the present review, the discovery and development of vincamine as a useful therapeutic agent and its antioxidant and antitumor activity are summarized, with its antioxidant-related mechanisms of anticancer potential being described. (inra.fr)