- 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 IPNI) : 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
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
- Collection Date : 17/09/1969
- Collection Nos : 15014
- Collection Locality : Capt. Machado's farm, Hassan district
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Hassan district
- Kerala : Kerala
- Maharashtra : Thane district
- Odisha : Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- West Bengal : West Bengal
- Himachal Pradesh : Chamba district
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre
- Exotic/Native : Exotic
- 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.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 303
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lagenaria siceraria. Downloaded on 14 February 2025.
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