What is Cucurbitaceae?
{{Taxobox | name = Cucurbitaceae | image = Hodgsonia heteroclita male.jpg | image_width = 200px | image_caption = ''[[Hodgsonia]]'' male plant | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Cucurbitales]] | familia = '''Cucurbitaceae''' | familia_authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]] }} '''Cucurbitaceae''' is the [[plant]] family with [[melon]]s, [[gourd]]s or '''cucurbits'''. It includes crops such as [[cucumber]]s, [[Squash (plant)|squash]]es (including [[pumpkin]]s), [[luffa]]s, [[melon]]s and [[watermelon]]s. The family lives mostly in the [[tropics]]. Its edible fruits were amongst the earliest cultivated plants. {{-}} {{Biology-stub}} {{wikispecies|Cucurbitaceae}} [[Category:Cucurbitaceae|*]]