Morphology and distribution of species of the family Cucurbitaceae in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria Author Umoh, Omodot Timothy 0000-0001-7381-8987 Department of Botany and Ecological Studies, University of Uyo, Nigeria. & umoh. omodot @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7381 - 8987 umoh.omodot@gmail.com Author Bassey, Margaret Emmanuel 0000-0003-3589-3358 Department of Botany and Ecological Studies, University of Uyo, Nigeria. & megenbassey @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3589 - 3358 megenbassey@gmail.com text Phytotaxa 2021 2021-06-21 508 2 107 128 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1 journal article 4410 10.11646/phytotaxa.508.2.1 1a2d8925-03f9-443c-831d-20bf62955d8c 1179-3163 5425837 10. Telfairia occidentalis Hooker (1871: 524) ( Fig. 12 ) Local Name: —Nkong Ubong (Annang), Ikong (Ibibio). Common Name: —Fluted pumpkin. Habitat: —Cultivated farmland. Description: —Herb, perennial, trailing and climbing by means of tendrils. Stem herbaceous, angular glabrous, 0.9–2.0 cm diam.; tendrils 2-fid, spirally coiled above fork. Leaves compound with 3–5 leaflets palmately arranged on leaf stalk, petiolate; leaflets shortly stalked, elliptic or ovate, serrate, young leaflets glabrous, scabrid when older, 6–29 × 4–12 cm , deep green; petiole hollow, herbaceous, 4–8 cm long, 0.2–0.7 cm diam., glabrous. Inflorescence a raceme, 12–15 cm long, bracteate. Flowers pedicellate, pedicel 0.1–0.2 cm long; calyx crenate; corolla lobe ovate, 1–3 cm long, individual petals creamy white with reddish purple eye inside. Fruit pepos, pale green, ± 50–100 × 20–30 cm , with many seeds (30–150) embedded in yellowish pulp. Seed flat, 1.5–2.0 × 3–4 × 2.5–3.0 cm, black. Location in Akwa Ibom :— Ini, Essien Udim, Oruk Anam, Obot Akara, Ikot Ekpene, Ibiono, Uyo, Ibesikpo Asutan, Nsit Atai, Nsit Ubium, Mkpat Enin, Ikot Abasi, Oron, Mbo, and Eastern Obolo . Abundance:— It existed in 100% of the sampling areas, and was abundant in 67% and frequent in 33% of the sampling areas.