Miscellaneous South East Asian Cucurbit News IV

Communications on nine genera in SE Asian Cucurbitaceae are presented. Gomphogyne stenocarpa sp. nov. and Sinobaijania smitinandii  var. laxa var. nov. are described as new taxa, both for Thailand; one new combination, Gomphogyne longgangensis comb. nov., is proposed for southern China. Two Trichosanthes  species are newly recorded for Thailand, T. baviensis  and T. pedata . A new locality of the rare Indomelothria blumeiis mentioned for Thailand. Seeds of both Coccinia grandis  and Trichosanthes truncata , fruit of Cucumis debilis , and fruit and seeds of both Thladiantha hookeri  and T hladiantha indochinensis  are discussed. Information on the androecium and pollen morphology of Hodgsonia heteroclita  subsp. indochinensis  and on a sterile growth form of Zanonia indica  subsp. orientalisis presented.