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 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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