eng Oriental Scientific Publishing Company Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia 0973-1245 2026-03-30 23 1 335 341 10.13005/bbra/3501 58319 article Balasaheb Shantilal Kale 1 Roshani Manik Shinde 1 Suresh Ganpat Sabale 2 Department of Botany, Maratha Vidya Prasarak Samaj’s, S.S.S.M. Arts, Science and Commerce College, Saikheda, Nashik, Maharashtra, India Department of Botany, Kalwan Education Society’s, Art, Commerce and Science College, Kalwan, Nashik, Maharashtra, India Ten species of Cucurbitaceae Juss. were morphometrically analyzed based on their leaf characteristics using taxonomic analysis to provide information about the links between these types of plants. Numerical characteristics, including leaf length, petiole length, leaf breadth, and lamina length, are positively correlated with the resolved taxonomic relationships of different species within the same genus, according to taxonomic component analysis. A key factor in uniting the species within a genus is the principal component analysis results of five quantitative characters based on a similarity matrix, which demonstrate a significant correlation between leaf length and leaf breadth, leaf base nerve number, and the ratio of leaf lamina length to petiole length. However, they also significantly separate the species from one another. Morphometric features supported the Cucurbitaceae's current categorization. Following the extraction of the characters that significantly influenced the similarity between the chosen Cucurbitaceae species, it further displays the component matrix of Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt, Ctenolepis garcinii (Burm.f.) C. B. Clarke, Cucumis melo L., Cucumis setosus Cogn., Diplocyclos palmatus (L.) C. Jeffrey, Momordica balsamina L., Momordica dioica roxb ex willd, Mukia maderaspatana (L.) Roem., Solena amplexicaulis (Lam.) Gandhi and Trichosanthes cucumerina L. https://www.biotech-asia.org/vol23no1/leaf-morphometric-studies-in-some-species-of-the-cucurbitaceae-juss/ Cucurbitaceae; Leaf; Morphometric studies; Nashik district; Taxonomy