Texas Vascular Plant Image Library (Cucurbitaceae)

Texas Vascular Plant Image Library
Images of the Cucurbitaceae

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Acanthosicyos horridus - Postage stamp depiction of the nara plant (Namibia) - photo: TAMU-HW

Acanthosicyos horridus - Plant in flower; photo by Deena Decker-Walters, Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami Florida - photo: TAMU-HW

Alsomitra macrocarpa - Seed; photo by Deena Decker-Walters, Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami Florida - photo: TAMU-HW

Citrullus colocynthis from Kohler's Medicinal Plants

Citrullus lanatus var. citroides - wild watermelons from sandylands of west Texas - fruits - photo: TAMU-HW

Citrullus lanatus var. citroides - wild watermelons of west Texas - fruits sectioned - photo: TAMU-HW

Ctenolepis sp. - Plant in fruit; photo by Deena Decker-Walters, Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami Florida - photo: TAMU-HW

Ctenolepis sp. - Fruit (with scale); photo by Deena Decker-Walters, Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami Florida - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucumis melo - Cultivated. (cantaloupe) - photo: TAMU - JM

Cucumis melo - Cultivated. (Israelite melon) - photo: TAMU - JM

Cucumis melo - Cultivated. (honeydew) - photo: TAMU - JM

Cucumis melo (zoom) - Fruit - free-living form (ssp. agrestis); Thornberry Ranch, Trinity River bottoms, eastern Madison County, Texas (site overview) - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucumis melo (zoom) - Staminate flower - free-living form (ssp. agrestis); Thornberry Ranch, Trinity River bottoms, eastern Madison County, Texas (site overview) - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucumis melo (zoom) - Staminate flower [above] - free-living form (ssp. agrestis); Thornberry Ranch, Trinity River bottoms, eastern Madison County, Texas (site overview) - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucumis melo (zoom) - Leaves - free-living form (ssp. agrestis); Thornberry Ranch, Trinity River bottoms, eastern Madison County, Texas (site overview) - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucumis melo (zoom) - Mature fruit, sectioned - free-living form (ssp. agrestis); collected by Amanda Neill, eastern Lee County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucumis melo (zoom) - Placentation (parietal) - free-living form (ssp. agrestis); collected by Amanda Neill, eastern Lee County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucumis melo (zoom) - Leaf - free-living form (ssp. agrestis); collected by Amanda Neill, eastern Lee County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucumis melo (zoom) - Mature fruit - free-living form (ssp. agrestis); collected by Amanda Neill, eastern Lee County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucumis melo (zoom) - Mature fruits - free-living form (ssp. agrestis); collected by Amanda Neill, eastern Lee County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucumis metuliferus - Cultivated. (exterior) - photo: TAMU - MR

Cucumis metuliferus - Cultivated. (cross-section) - photo: TAMU - MR

Cucumis metuliferus - Cultivated. (cross-section, close) - photo: TAMU - MR

Cucumis sagittatus - Fruit; from Namibia, photo by Deena Decker-Walters, Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami Florida - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucumis sagittatus - Plant with fruit; from Namibia, photo by Deena Decker-Walters, Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami Florida - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucumis sativus - Cultivated. (vine) - photo: TAMU - JM

Cucumis sativus - Cultivated. (fruit - immature) - photo: TAMU - JM

Cucumis sativus - Cultivated. (fruit - cross-section) - photo: TAMU - JM

Cucumis sativus - Cultivated. (female flower) - photo: TAMU - JM

Cucumis sativus - Cultivated. (female flower - close-up) - photo: TAMU - JM

Cucumis sativus - Dill Pickel - in prep with Apium and Allium - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucumis sativus - staminate flower - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucumis zeyheri - Fruit sectioned with seed; photo by Deena Decker-Walters, Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami Florida - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita argyrosperma - harvest of Mexican landrace type (Guerrero) - Deena Decker-Walters 296 - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita argyrosperma - harvest of Mexican landrace type (Guerrero) - Deena Decker-Walters 296 - close - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita digitata - Fuit with seeds; photo by Deena Decker-Walters, Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami Florida - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita ficifolia - from the highlands of western Veracruz, Mexico - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita maxima - Cultivated. (butternut squash) - photo: TAMU - JM

Cucurbita maxima - fruit for sale at market - Cochabamba, Bolivia - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita maxima - market fruit - La Paz, Bolivia - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita maxima - fruit for sale at market - La Paz, Bolivia - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita mixta - Cultivated. (cushaw) - photo: TAMU - JM

Cucurbita moschata - landrace harvest, Chiapas, Mexico (TAMU research voucher: MO099)
- photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita pepo - Cultivated. (pumpkin) - photo: TAMU - JM

Cucurbita pepo - Cultivated. (spaghetti squash) - photo: TAMU - JM

Cucurbita pepo - Cultivated. (crookneck squash) - photo: TAMU - JM

Cucurbita pepo (fruit - pepo)

Cucurbita pepo - typical harvest of the Mexican 'landrace' type - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita pepo - flowers on sale at a Mexican Market - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita pepo - ritual pericarp mutilation - North America - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita pepo var. texana (zoom) - UT tribute; parking lot at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita pepo - harvest of mexican landrace (ribbed) with C. ficifolia - Oaxaca, Mexico (TAMU research voucher: PE406)
- photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita pepo - typical mexican landrace (ribbed) with bicolor pericarp - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita pepo - typical Mexican landrace with ribbed pericarp - stone carving - National Museum, Mexico City - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita pepo - harvest of mexican landrace (ribbed) with rare (smooth pericarp) type (front/right)-Oaxaca (TAMU research PE406)
- photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita pepo - fruit variation, subsp. pepo (pumpkin) vs. ovifera (ornamental gourd) - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita pepo var. texana - pistillate flower - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita pepo var. texana - staminate flower - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita pepo var. texana - plant - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita pepo var. texana - fruits from 8 plants (rows) - Nails Creek State Park, Lee County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita pepo var. texana - pistillate flower with corolla, calyx, and gynoecium evident - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita pepo var. texana - plant in fruit - Camp Cooley Ranch - Robertson County, Texas (TAMU research voucher: TE036)
- photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita pepo var. texana (zoom) - Fruit (pepo); collected by Amanda Neill (3121), Burleson County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita pepo var. texana (zoom) - Fruit (pepo) - population sample; collected by Amanda Neill (3121), Burleson County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita pepo var. texana (zoom) - Fruit (pepo) - point of peduncle attachment; collected by Amanda Neill (3121), Burleson County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita pepo var. texana (zoom) - Fruits; collected by Amanda Neill (3159), Madison County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita pepo var. texana (zoom) - Fruit; collected by Amanda Neill (3159), Madison County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita pepo var. texana (zoom) - Fruit with pericarp damage; collected by Amanda Neill (3159), Madison County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Cucurbita sp. - Cultivated. (flower - male) - photo: TAMU - JM

Cucurbita sp. - Cultivated. (flower - female) - photo: TAMU - JM

Cucurbita sp. - Cultivated. (vine) - photo: TAMU - JM

Cucurbita sp. - Cultivated. (male flower) - photo: TAMU - JM

Cucurbita sp. - Cultivated. (androecium) - photo: TAMU - JM

Cucurbita sp. - Cultivated. (gynoecium) - photo: TAMU - JM

Cucurbita sp. - Cultivated. (fruit) - photo: TAMU - JM

Cucurbita sp. - candied pericarp and seed masses - Mexican Market - photo: TAMU-HW

Diplocyclos palmatus (zoom) - Leaf; cultivated at the Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami, Florida - photo: TAMU-HW

Diplocyclos palmatus (zoom) - Developing fruit; cultivated at the Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami, Florida - photo: TAMU-HW

Diplocyclos palmatus (zoom) - Mature fruit; cultivated at the Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami, Florida - photo: TAMU-HW

Diplocyclos palmatus (zoom) - Leaf and fruit; cultivated at the Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami, Florida - photo: TAMU-HW

Diplocyclos palmatus (zoom) - Fruit; cultivated at the Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami, Florida - photo: TAMU-HW

Diplocyclos palmatus - Mature and maturing fruit; photo by Deena Decker-Walters, Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami Florida - photo: TAMU-HW

Ecballium elaterium - Cultivated, from Univ. Wash. Med. plant Gar.. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Ecballium elaterium - Cultivated, from Univ. Wash. Med. plant Gar.. (flower) - photo: TAMU - JM

Echinocystis lobata (zoom) - plant in flower; open roadside, Holmes County, Ohio - photo: TAMU-HW

Echinocystis lobata (zoom) - pistillate flower; open roadside, Holmes County, Ohio - photo: TAMU-HW

Echinocystis lobata (zoom) - staminate flowers; open roadside, Holmes County, Ohio - photo: TAMU-HW

Echinocystis lobata (zoom) - leaf; open roadside, Holmes County, Ohio - photo: TAMU-HW

Lagenaria siceraria - flower with pollinator - photo: TAMU-HW

Lagenaria siceraria - staminate flower with androecium - photo: TAMU-HW

Lagenaria siceraria - pistillate flower in bud - photo: TAMU-HW

Lagenaria siceraria - pistillate flowers setting fruit - photo: TAMU-HW

Lagenaria sphaerica (zoom) - fruit collected at Masai Mara preserve - Kenya - photo: TAMU-HW

Lagenaria sphaerica (zoom) - peduncle from fruit collected at Masai Mara preserve - Kenya - photo: TAMU-HW

Lagenaria sphaerica (zoom) - pericarp detail on fruit collected at Masai Mara preserve - Kenya - photo: TAMU-HW

Melothria pendula - pistillate flower - close - photo: TAMU-HW

Melothria pendula - staminate flower - close - photo: TAMU-HW

Melothria pendula (zoom) - Fruit; hideaway beach, Marco Island, Florida - photo: TAMU-HW

Melothria pendula (zoom) - Leaf, staminate flower; hideaway beach, Marco Island, Florida - photo: TAMU-HW

Melothria pendula (zoom) - Pistillate flower, side view; hideaway beach, Marco Island, Florida - photo: TAMU-HW

Momordica charantia (zoom) - Leaf; Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Collier County, Florida - photo: TAMU-HW

Momordica charantia (zoom) - Developing fruit; Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Collier County, Florida - photo: TAMU-HW

Momordica charantia (zoom) - Staminate flower, opening; Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Collier County, Florida - photo: TAMU-HW

Telfairia occidentalis (zoom) - Staminate flower from side; cultivated at the Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami, Florida - photo: TAMU-HW

Telfairia occidentalis (zoom) - Staminate flower from front; cultivated at the Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami, Florida - photo: TAMU-HW

Telfairia occidentalis (zoom) - Staminate flower from below; cultivated at the Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami, Florida - photo: TAMU-HW

Telfairia occidentalis (zoom) - Androecium; cultivated at the Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami, Florida - photo: TAMU-HW

Telfairia occidentalis (zoom) - Staminate flower from above with scale; cultivated at the Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami, Florida - photo: TAMU-HW

Telfairia occidentalis (zoom) - Perianth, glandular calyx; cultivated at the Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami, Florida - photo: TAMU-HW

Telfairia occidentalis (zoom) - Leafy shoot; cultivated at the Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami, Florida - photo: TAMU-HW