Bottle gourd
Lagenaria siceraria
Also known as Calbash gourd
About Bottle gourd
Calabash (; Lagenaria siceraria), also known as bottle gourd, white-flowered gourd, long melon, birdhouse gourd, New Guinea bean, New Guinea butter bean, Tasmania bean, zucca melon and opo squash, is a vine which is grown for its fruit. It belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae, is native to tropical Africa, and cultivated across the tropics. It can be either harvested young to be consumed as a vegetable, or harvested mature to be dried and used as a kitchen utensil (typically as a ladle or bowl), beverage container or a musical instrument. When it is fresh, the fruit has a light green smooth skin and white flesh.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Lagenaria siceraria
- Genus
- Lagenaria
- Family
- CUCURBITACEAE
- Habit
- Climber
- Distribution
- Tropical regions of the world
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-February
Local Names
- Hindi
- लौकी Lauki, घिया Ghiya, dudhi
- Nepali
- लौका
- Bengali
- Ladu, লাউ
- Tamil
- சுரைக்காய் Surakkai, சுரைக்காய்
- Telugu
- Sorakkaya, సొర కాయ, అనపకాయ
- Kannada
- Sorekayi, ಸೋರೆ
- Malayalam
- Pechura, ചുരക്ക
- Marathi
- दूधी Dudhi, दुधी भोपळा
Cucurbitaceae
Cucumber/Gourd family
Bottle gourd belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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