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Dendrosicyos

 
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Dendrosicyos
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.

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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