| Dendrosicyos | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Genus: | Dendrosicyos |
| Species: | D. socotranus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dendrosicyos socotranus Balf.f. |
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Dendrosicyos is a monotypic genus in the Cucurbitaceae. The only species is Dendrosicyos socotranus, the cucumber tree. The species is endemic to Soqotra and is the only species in the Cucurbitaceae to grow in a tree form. It was first described by Isaac Bayley Balfour in 1882.[1]
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