taxonID	type	description	language	source
0167F253573BFFDAFF2EFB22FC53F8A8.taxon	description	Common Name: — Watermelon. Habitat: — Cultivated farmland. Description: — Herb, trailing, can be pendant. Stem herbaceous, trailing, angular, pubescent, 0.5 – 0.7 cm diam.; tendrils 2 - fid. Leaves simple, alternately arranged, petiolate, glabrous, palmately lobed with 5 lobes, green; petiole cylindrical, herbaceous, 4 – 7 cm long. Inflorescence solitary or axillary, emanating from leaf node, pedunculate, peduncle 2 – 3 cm long, pubescent. Flowers pentamerous, calyx with 5 sepals, pubescent; corolla with 5 petals, yellow, 1.5 – 2 cm long. Fruit pepos, circular, cylindrical, irregular, green, sometimes with patches of deep green or deep green strands, with many seeds borne in reddish pulp. Seed flat, black, 0.8 × 0.4 cm. Location in Akwa Ibom: — Essien Udim, Oruk Anam, Uyo, and Ibesikpo Asutan. Abundance: — It existed in 27 % of the sampling points and was rare.	en	Umoh, Omodot Timothy, Bassey, Margaret Emmanuel (2021): Morphology and distribution of species of the family Cucurbitaceae in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Phytotaxa 508 (2): 107-128, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1
0167F253573BFFD9FF2EF8AAFE41FE5A.taxon	description	Description: — Herb, trailing, can be pendant. Stem herbaceous, trailing, angular, pubescent, 0.5 – 0.7 cm diam.; tendrils 2 - fid. Leaves simple, alternately arranged, petiolate, glabrous, palmately lobed with 5 lobes, green; petiole cylindrical, herbaceous, 4 – 7 cm long. Inflorescence solitary, axillary, emanating from leaf node, pedunculate, peduncle 2 – 3 cm long, pubescent. Flowers pentamerous; calyx with 5 sepals, pubescent; corolla with 5 petals, yellow, 1.5 – 2.0 cm long. Fruit pepos, circular, cylindrical, irregular, green, sometimes with patches of deep green or deep green strands, many seeded. Seed flat, 1.0 – 1.5 × 0.7 – 0.9 cm. Location in Akwa Ibom: — Ini, Essien Udim, Oruk Anam, Obot Akara, Ikot Ekpene, Ibiono, Uyo, Ibesikpo Asutan, Nsit Atai, Nsit Ubium, Mkpat Enin, Ikot Abasi, Oron, Mbo, and Eastern Obolo. Abundance: — It existed in 100 % of the sampling points, where it was abundant in 53 %, frequent in 27 %, and rare in 20 % of the sampling areas.	en	Umoh, Omodot Timothy, Bassey, Margaret Emmanuel (2021): Morphology and distribution of species of the family Cucurbitaceae in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Phytotaxa 508 (2): 107-128, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1
0167F2535738FFD9FF2EFDBCFAD6FB9B.taxon	description	Local Name: — Okokon (Annang and Ibibio). Common Name: — Cucumber. Habitat: — Cultivated farmland. Description: — Herb, trailing by means of unbranched tendrils; monoecious. Stem herbaceous, pubescent, angular, 0.5 – 0.7 cm diam.; tendrils unbranched, ± 30 – 40 cm long. Leaves simple, green, alternately arranged, petiolate, palmate, acuminate, serrate, pubescent adaxially, scabrid abaxially, 4 – 15 × 2 – 25 cm; petiole cylindrical, green, ± 5 – 11 cm long. Inflorescence axillary, pedunculate. Flowers pentamerous, pedicellate, bracteate; sepals light green, pubescent; petals yellow, fused towards base, 2 × 1.8 cm, glabrous on upper surface, pubescent on lower surface; pedicel cylindrical, pubescent, 1.5 cm long. Fruit cylindrical, pubescent when young, turns glabrous with age, 5 – 28 × 2 – 6 cm, green, with patches of yellow and white when ripe, many seeded. Seed lanceolate, milky, 0.4 × 0.1 cm. Location in Akwa Ibom: — Essien Udim, Oruk Anam, Obot Akara, Ikot Ekpene, Ikot Obong, Ibiono, Uyo, and Nsit Atai. Abundance: — It existed in 47 % of the sampling points, where it was frequent in 20 % and rare in 27 %.	en	Umoh, Omodot Timothy, Bassey, Margaret Emmanuel (2021): Morphology and distribution of species of the family Cucurbitaceae in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Phytotaxa 508 (2): 107-128, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1
0167F2535738FFD9FF2EFBFCFAC2F9DB.taxon	description	Synonyms: — Pepo maximus Petermann (1838: 562). Local Name: — Ndise (Annang and Ibibio). Common Name: — Pumpkin. Habitat: — Cultivated farmland. It can grow and proliferate well in the midst of other cucurbits. Description: — Herb, climbing and trailing. Stem herbaceous, climbing, angular, villous, 0.4 – 0.7 cm diam.; tendrils 2 - fid, very hairy. Leaves simple, alternately arranged, petiolate, palmately lobed with 3 joined lobes, broadly acute, serrulate, villous, bright green; petiole cylindrical, herbaceous, green, ± 6 – 8 cm long. Inflorescence solitary or axillary, pedunculate; peduncle ± 4 – 5 cm long. Flowers pentamerous, corolla with fused petals forming tube 3 – 4 cm long, smooth, embedding the androecium. Fruit pepos, round or circular, hairy, green when fresh, brownish when dry, many seeded. Seed flat, chalk-like, 0.7 – 0.9 × 0.4 – 0.5 cm. Location in Akwa Ibom: — Essien Udim, Oruk Anam, Obot Akara, Ikot Ekpene, Ibiono, Uyo, Ibesikpo Asutan, and Mkpat Enin. Abundance: — This species existed in 52 % of the sampling points and was rare in these sampling points.	en	Umoh, Omodot Timothy, Bassey, Margaret Emmanuel (2021): Morphology and distribution of species of the family Cucurbitaceae in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Phytotaxa 508 (2): 107-128, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1
0167F2535738FFD4FF2EF93CFBCEFEA6.taxon	description	Common Name: — Bottle gourd. Habitat: — Cultivated farmland. Key: +++ (Abundant: 21 – 100 individuals per sampling point); ++ (Frequent: 6 – 20 individuals per sampling point); + (Rare: 1 – 5 individuals per sampling point); - (Absent) (according to classification by Shukla & Chandel 1972) Description: — Herb, climbing and trailing by means of tendrils; monoecious. Stem herbaceous, climbing, angular, pubescent, 0.2 – 0.3 cm diam.; tendrils 2 - fid, spirally coiled just above branching point. Leaves simple, alternately arranged, petiolate, exstipulate, scabrid, palmately lobed, deep green, apex acute, dentate, 4 – 15 × 5 – 15 cm; petiole cylindrical, 3 – 5 cm long, herbaceous, pubescent. Inflorescence axillary. Male flowers calyx tubular; corolla white, with 5 free petals, slightly hairy. Fruit round, cylindrical, sometimes irregular in shape, 5 – 15 cm diam., pedunculate, smooth, green. Location in Akwa Ibom: — Essien Udim, Oruk Anam, Obot Akara, Ikot Ekpene, Ibiono, Ibesikpo Asutan, Mkpat Enin, and Eastern Obolo. Abundance: — It existed in 47 % of the sampling areas and was rare in these areas.	en	Umoh, Omodot Timothy, Bassey, Margaret Emmanuel (2021): Morphology and distribution of species of the family Cucurbitaceae in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Phytotaxa 508 (2): 107-128, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1
0167F2535735FFD3FF2EFEB8FEEAF7AA.taxon	description	Description: — Herb, climbing by means of tendrils, up to 50 m high; monoecious. Stem herbaceous, climbing, cylindrical, scabrid, 0.2 – 0.3 cm diam.; tendrils bifid, spirally coiled just above branching point. Leaves simple, alternately arranged, petiolate, exstipulate, scabrid, palmately lobed, deep green, dentate to undulate, apex acute, 7 – 15 × 6 – 20 cm; petiole cylindrical, 3 – 5 cm long, herbaceous, smooth. Inflorescence cymose; male flowers with tubular calyx, corolla white with 5 free petals, slightly hairy with patches of green towards calyx tube. Fruit round pepos, ± 7 – 5 cm diam., pedunculate, smooth, green with white and yellow patches all over, many seeded. Seed flat, 1.0 – 1.4 × 0.6 – 0.8 cm. Location in Akwa Ibom: — Ini, Essien Udim, Oruk Anam, Obot Akara, Ikot Ekpene, Ibiono, Uyo, Ibesikpo Asutan, Nsit Atai, Nsit Ubium, Mkpat Enin, Ikot Abasi, Oron, Mbo, and Eastern Obolo. Abundance: — It existed in 100 % of the sampling points, and was abundant in 73 %, frequent in 20 %, and rare in 7 % of sampling plots.	en	Umoh, Omodot Timothy, Bassey, Margaret Emmanuel (2021): Morphology and distribution of species of the family Cucurbitaceae in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Phytotaxa 508 (2): 107-128, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1
0167F2535733FFD2FF2EFF08FE53FC9D.taxon	description	Synonyms: — Momordica cylindrica Linnaeus (1753: 1009).	en	Umoh, Omodot Timothy, Bassey, Margaret Emmanuel (2021): Morphology and distribution of species of the family Cucurbitaceae in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Phytotaxa 508 (2): 107-128, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1
0167F2535733FFD2FF2EFF08FE53FC9D.taxon	description	Common name: — Sponge gourd. Habitat: — Waste dump sites, uncompleted buildings, unpainted fences, roadsides, fallow bush. Description: — Herb, trailing and climbing; moenoecious. Stem herbaceous, climbing, pubescent, angular, 0.3 – 0.6 cm diam.; tendrils 3 - to 4 - fid, spirally coiled. Leaves simple, alternately arranged, petiolate, hairy on both surfaces, palmately lobed with 5 joined lobes, green, apex acute, margin dentate, 8.2 – 17 × 9 – 19 cm; petiole cylindrical, herbaceous, 4 – 8 cm long, hairy. Inflorescence racemose for male flowers with about 5 – 20 flower buds, solitary for female flowers; pedunculate, peduncle 10 – 31 cm long; pedicel 1.5 – 2.0 cm long; flowers 3 × 8 – 9 cm; calyx with 5 green, free sepals; corolla with 5 yellow, free imbricate petals, pubescent on both surfaces, 3 – 5 × 2 – 4 cm, androecium parts 5. Fruit pepos, cylindrical, green when fresh, brown and paper-like when dry, produces sponge bearing many seeds. Seed flat, black. Location in Akwa Ibom: — Ini, Essien Udim, Oruk Anam, Obot Akara, Ikot Ekpene, Ibiono, Uyo, Ibesikpo Asutan, Nsit Atai, Nsit Ubium, Mkpat Enin, Ikot Abasi, Oron, Mbo, and Eastern Obolo. Abundance: — It existed in 100 % of the sampling areas, where it was abundant in 73 %, frequent in 21 %, and rare in 6 % of the sampling areas.	en	Umoh, Omodot Timothy, Bassey, Margaret Emmanuel (2021): Morphology and distribution of species of the family Cucurbitaceae in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Phytotaxa 508 (2): 107-128, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1
0167F2535730FFD1FF2EFF08FA88FD5E.taxon	description	Synonyms: — Sicyos fauriei Léveillé (1911: 150).	en	Umoh, Omodot Timothy, Bassey, Margaret Emmanuel (2021): Morphology and distribution of species of the family Cucurbitaceae in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Phytotaxa 508 (2): 107-128, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1
0167F2535730FFD1FF2EFF08FA88FD5E.taxon	description	Common Name: — Bitter gourd. Habitat: — Roadsides, dumpsites, fallow bush. Description: — Herb, trailing and climbing means of unbranched tendrils; monoecious. Stem herbaceous, climbing, pubescent, angular, 0.1 cm diam.; tendrils unbranched. Leaves simple, alternately arranged, petiolate, acute, undulate, glabrous, palmately lobed with 5 lobes joined towards leaf base, 4 – 6 × 5 – 7 cm; petiole herbaceous, cylindrical, glabrous, 2.5 cm long. Inflorescence solitary, pedicellate, pedicel 4 – 7 cm long, 0.1 – 0.2 cm diam.; calyx with 5 sepals, green; corolla with 5 petals, yellow, glabrous. Fruit berry with irregular surface, short round, green when unripe, orange to yellow when ripe, 4 – 6 × 2 – 4 cm, with many seeds (± 15 – 25). Seed flat, blackish, surrounded by red aril, 0.8 – 1.0 × 0.5 cm. Location in Akwa Ibom: — Obot Akara, Uyo, Ibesikpo Asutan, and Ikot Abasi. Abundance: — It existed in 40 % of the sampling areas and was frequent in all these sampling areas.	en	Umoh, Omodot Timothy, Bassey, Margaret Emmanuel (2021): Morphology and distribution of species of the family Cucurbitaceae in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Phytotaxa 508 (2): 107-128, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1
0167F2535731FFD0FF2EFF08FC50FD16.taxon	description	Description: — Herb, trailing by means of tendrils, could also be pendant hanging from height up to 20 m high. Stem pubescent, angular, 0.4 – 0.5 cm diam.; tendrils 2 - fid, spirally coiled above and below fork. Leaves simple, petiolate, alternate, acuminate, dentate, palmately lobed, villous on both surfaces, 6 – 18 × 6 – 19 cm; petiole pubescent, cylindrical, 5 – 6 cm long. Inflorescence axillary. Fruit pepos, round, pubescent, green and chalky, with white lines appearing vertically on fruit from stalk to tip, stalk 1.5 cm long, bearing terminal leaf. Seed lanceolate, milky, 0.1 – 0.3 × 0.1 cm. Location in Akwa Ibom: — Obot Akara and Mkpat Enin. Abundance: — It was present in 13 % of sampling plots and was rare.	en	Umoh, Omodot Timothy, Bassey, Margaret Emmanuel (2021): Morphology and distribution of species of the family Cucurbitaceae in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Phytotaxa 508 (2): 107-128, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1
0167F2535731FFD0FF2EFD48FEA3FAB2.taxon	description	Local Name: — Nkong Ubong (Annang), Ikong (Ibibio). Common Name: — Fluted pumpkin. Habitat: — Cultivated farmland. Description: — Herb, perennial, trailing and climbing by means of tendrils. Stem herbaceous, angular glabrous, 0.9 – 2.0 cm diam.; tendrils 2 - fid, spirally coiled above fork. Leaves compound with 3 – 5 leaflets palmately arranged on leaf stalk, petiolate; leaflets shortly stalked, elliptic or ovate, serrate, young leaflets glabrous, scabrid when older, 6 – 29 × 4 – 12 cm, deep green; petiole hollow, herbaceous, 4 – 8 cm long, 0.2 – 0.7 cm diam., glabrous. Inflorescence a raceme, 12 – 15 cm long, bracteate. Flowers pedicellate, pedicel 0.1 – 0.2 cm long; calyx crenate; corolla lobe ovate, 1 – 3 cm long, individual petals creamy white with reddish purple eye inside. Fruit pepos, pale green, ± 50 – 100 × 20 – 30 cm, with many seeds (30 – 150) embedded in yellowish pulp. Seed flat, 1.5 – 2.0 × 3 – 4 × 2.5 – 3.0 cm, black. Location in Akwa Ibom: — Ini, Essien Udim, Oruk Anam, Obot Akara, Ikot Ekpene, Ibiono, Uyo, Ibesikpo Asutan, Nsit Atai, Nsit Ubium, Mkpat Enin, Ikot Abasi, Oron, Mbo, and Eastern Obolo. Abundance: — It existed in 100 % of the sampling areas, and was abundant in 67 % and frequent in 33 % of the sampling areas.	en	Umoh, Omodot Timothy, Bassey, Margaret Emmanuel (2021): Morphology and distribution of species of the family Cucurbitaceae in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Phytotaxa 508 (2): 107-128, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1
0167F2535731FFD0FF2EFAD4FBCEF8DE.taxon	description	Synonyms: — Anguina cucumerina (L.) Kuntze (1891: 254).	en	Umoh, Omodot Timothy, Bassey, Margaret Emmanuel (2021): Morphology and distribution of species of the family Cucurbitaceae in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Phytotaxa 508 (2): 107-128, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1
0167F2535731FFD0FF2EFAD4FBCEF8DE.taxon	description	Common Name: — Snake gourd. Habitat: — Cultivated farmland, but also grows on fences. Description: — Herb, climbing by means of tendrils. Stem herbaceous, angular, pubescent, 0.5 – 0.6 cm diam.; tendrils 3 - fid. Leaves simple, alternately arranged, petiolate, dentate, acute, palmately lobed with 3 or 5 lobes, glabrous adaxially, pubescent abaxially, 5 – 20 × 4 – 15 cm; petiole cylindrical, green, 4 – 15 cm long. Infloresscence an axillary raceme, 10 – 15 cm long. Flowers pentamerous, pedicellate, with bracts, bears both stamen and pistil; sepals pubescent; corolla with free petals, white, glabrous, opens at night, coils in day with tendril-like edges; pedicel 0.5 – 1.0 cm long. Fruit green and chalky, variable in shape, mostly cylindrical, elongated like snake, 20 – 120 cm long, glabrous, pubescent towards stalk, with many seed borne in reddish pulp. Seed irregular in shape, 0.5 – 1.0 × 0.5 cm. Location in Akwa Ibom: — Obot Akara, Ikot Ekpene, Uyo, and Mkpat Enin. Abundance: — It existed in 27 % of the sampling areas and was rare in these areas.	en	Umoh, Omodot Timothy, Bassey, Margaret Emmanuel (2021): Morphology and distribution of species of the family Cucurbitaceae in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Phytotaxa 508 (2): 107-128, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1
