Common name
English: Bottle Gourd, Calabash Gourd
German: Flaschenkürbis
Mandarin: 葫芦 (hu lu)
Portuguese: Cabaça longa
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Cucurbitales (26)
Family: Cucurbitaceae (26)(family description)
Genus: Lagenaria (1)
Epithet: siceraria (Molina) Standl. (1)
Synonyms: Cucurbita lagenaria L., Cucurbita siceraria Molina, Lagenaria leucantha Rusby, Lagenaria vulgaris Ser.
lagenaria => with the appearance of a bottle or flask, lagena
leucantha => bearing white flowers
siceraria => comes from Hebrew "shekhar" for strong drink, latinised "sicera" for drinking vessel
vulgaris => common, everyday
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white
External links
Check for Lagenaria siceraria at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [585] Lagenaria siceraria - Plants For A Future database
- [1813] Lagenaria siceraria - Flora of China @ efloras.org