Lauraceae

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Lauraceae
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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).

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• 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.

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• 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.

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Cucurbitaceae
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Cucurbitaceae in Nepal

• Biswarea 1
• Citrullus 1
• Coccinia 1
• Cucumis 3
• Cyclanthera 1
• Diplocyclos 1
• Edgaria 1
• Gomphogyne 1
• Gymnopetalum 1
• Gynostemma 1
• Herpetospermum 1

• Lagenaria 1
• Luffa 1
• Momordica 3
• Mukia 1
• Neoalsomitra 1
• Sechium 1
• Solena 1
• Thladiantha 1
• Tricosanthes 6
• Zehneria 2

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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.

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Citrillus
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Coccinea
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Momordica
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Melastomataceae
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