1	"Plants lacking tendrils; plants usually not long-trailing or climbing; fruit falling from plant at maturity and explosively squirting out seeds"	"Ecballium {Ecballium elaterium}"
1	"Plants with either simple or branched tendrils; plants usually long-trailing or climbing; fruit remaining attached to plant"	2
2	"Leaves with 2 glands at base of lamina"	"Lagenaria (see note in Cucurbitaceae profile)"
2	"Leaves with no glands at base of lamina"	3
3	"Tendrils simple"	4
3	"Tendrils branched"	6
4	"Fruit with large bristly hairs; petals 2–5 mm long"	Cucumis
4	"Fruit glabrous or glabrescent with fine scabrous hairs; petals 1–15 mm long"	5
5	"Flowers solitary in axils, petals 5–15 mm long; vigorous weeds"	Citrullus
5	"Flowers 2–5 together in axillary clusters, petals 1–2 mm long; rare slender native of far north-west"	"Austrobryonia {Austrobryonia micrantha}"
6	"Flowers white-green in heads or racemes; rare, delicate native twiner of moist forests in East Gippsland"	"Sicyos {Sicyos australis}"
6	"Flowers yellow or yellow-green, solitary; vigorous weeds mainly of western Victoria"	7
7	"Leaves deeply or pinnately lobed"	Citrullus
7	"Leaves simple, toothed"	"Cucurbita (see note in Cucurbitaceae profile)"