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Lauraceae. Trees, shrubs. Deciduous or evergreen. Often aromatic. Leaves alternate, subopposite or clustered. Terminal bud conspicuous and enclosed by prominent bud scales or not (perulate). Inflorescence Type I: umbellate or racemose and enclosed in bracts
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Trees, shrubs. • Deciduous or evergreen. • Often aromatic. • Leaves alternate, subopposite or clustered. • Terminal bud conspicuous and enclosed by prominent bud scales or not (perulate).
Inflorescence Type I: umbellate or racemose and enclosed in bracts • Type II: paniculate-cymose with strictly opposite flowers • Type III: paniculate-cymose with alternate lateral flowers.
Flowers bisexual or unisexual (then dioecious). • Tepals 6, in 2 whorls. • Stamens in whorls of 3, inner whorls with glands. • Anthers dehiscing by 2 or 4 valves. • Ovary superior. • Ovule 1. • Fruit a drupe, borne on more or less enlarged cupule of perianth remains.
Lagenaria 1 Luffa 1 Momordica 3 Mukia 1 Neoalsomitra 1 Sechium 1 Solena 1 Thladiantha 1 Tricosanthes 6 Zehneria 2 Biswarea 1 Citrullus 1 Coccinia 1 Cucumis 3 Cyclanthera 1 Diplocyclos 1 Edgaria 1 Gomphogyne 1 Gymnopetalum 1 Gynostemma 1 Herpetospermum 1 Cucurbitaceae in Nepal
Cucurbitaceae morphology • Flowers unisexual, plants monoecious or dioecious. • Hypanthium present • Petals 5, connate • Stamens 5, or reduced to 3, variously connate or modified, usually appearing as 3. • Anthers with bent locules • Styles free or connate. • Ovary inferior, placentation parietal, carpels3. • Fruit dehiscent or indehiscent berry or capsule.