Coccinia

Coccinia
Coccinia grandis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Cucurbitaceae
Subfamily:	Cucurbitoideae
Tribe:	Benincaseae
Genus:	Coccinia Wight & Arn.
Species
C. abyssinica C. adoensis C. barteri C. grandiflora C. grandis C. heterophylla C. hirtella C. intermedia C. keayana C. longicarpa C. mackenii C. megarrhiza C. microphylla C. mildbraedii C. ogadensis C. pwaniensis C. quinqueloba C. racemiflora C. rehmannii C. samburuensis C. schliebenii C. senensis C. sessilifolia C. subsessiliflora C. trilobata
Synonyms
Cephalandra Schrad. ex Eckl. & Zeyh. Physedra Hook.f. Staphylosyce Hook.f.

The scarlet gourds are a genus (Coccinia from the Greek, kokkinia or kokkinias - "red" or "scarlet") with 25 species. It is distributed in sub-Saharan Africa and with one species, C. grandis also in South Asia and Southeast Asia, and it is also introduced into the New World. Incidentally, C. grandis is also a cultivated crop and it is used for culinary and medical purposes.