Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.

 
  • Family : CUCURBITACEAE
    (Gourd Or Melon Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KHARBOOZA FAMILY (खरबूजा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : CUCURBITACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.
  • Common name : Bottle gourd, Calbash gourd
  • Vernacular name : Lauki (Hindi); Sorey kaayi (Kannada); Surai (Tamil); Sorrakaya (Telugu); Nau, Laoo (Oria); Bellashora, Chura, Churakka, Garadudi, Kaippachura, Peechura, Pechura (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Climber
  • Comments / notes : Fruit is used as a vegetable; commonly cultivated
  • Flower, Fruit : July-February
  • World Distribution : Tropical regions of the world
  • Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lagenaria siceraria. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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