A-to-Z List Essential Oils from the Cucurbitaceae Family of Plants:

Scientific Classification:

  1. Domain: Eukarya – organisms with membraine-bound nucleuses
  2. Kingdom: Plantae – plants, Planta, Vegetal, plants
  3. Phylum: Tracheophyta – vascular plants, tracheophytes
  4. Class: Magnoliopsida
  5. Order: Cucurbitales
  6. Family: Cucurbitaceae

Direct Children of Cucurbitaceae by Genus:

  • Abobra
  • Acanthosicyos
  • Actinostemma
  • Alsomitra
  • Ampelosicyos
  • Anisosperma
  • Apodanthera
  • Austrobryonia
  • Baijiania
  • Bambekea
  • Bayabusua
  • Benincasa
  • Blastania
  • Borneosicyos
  • Bryonia
  • Calycophysum
  • Cayaponia
  • Cephalopentandra
  • Ceratosanthes
  • Cionosicys
  • Citrullus
  • Coccinia
  • Cogniauxia
  • Corallocarpus
  • Ctenolepis
  • Cucumis
  • Cucurbita
  • Cucurbitella
  • Cyclanthera
  • Cyclantheropsis
  • Dactyliandra
  • Dendrosicyos
  • Dieterlea
  • Diplocyclos
  • Doyerea
  • Ecballium
  • Echinocystis
  • Echinopepon
  • Eureiandra
  • Fevillea
  • Frantzia
  • Gerrardanthus
  • Gomphogyne
  • Gurania
  • Gynostemma
  • Halosicyos
  • Hanburia
  • Helmontia
  • Hemsleya
  • Herpetospermum
  • Hodgsonia
  • Ibervillea
  • Indofevillea
  • Indomelothria
  • Kedrostis
  • Khmeriosicyos
  • Lagenaria
  • Lemurosicyos
  • Linnaeosicyos
  • Luffa
  • Marah
  • Melothria
  • Melothrianthus
  • Microsechium
  • Momordica
  • Muellerargia
  • Neoalsomitra
  • Nothoalsomitra
  • Papuasicyos
  • Parasicyos
  • Penelopeia
  • Peponium
  • Peponopsis
  • Polyclathra
  • Psiguria
  • Pteropepon
  • Raphidiocystis
  • Ruthalicia
  • Schizocarpum
  • Schizopepon
  • Scopellaria
  • Sechiopsis
  • Sechium
  • Seyrigia
  • Sicana
  • Sicydium
  • Sicyocaulis
  • Sicyos
  • Sicyosperma
  • Sinobaijiania
  • Siolmatra
  • Siraitia
  • Solena
  • Tecunumania
  • Telfairia
  • Thladiantha
  • Trichosanthes
  • Trochomeria
  • Trochomeriopsis
  • Tumamoca
  • Wilbrandia
  • Xerosicyos
  • Zanonia
  • Zehneria
  • Bitter Melon

    Bitter Melon

    (Momordica charantia)

    Aroma Description: It has a strong bitter aroma