Lagenaria

Lagenaria

Taxobox
name = "Lagenaria"


image_width = 300px
image_caption = The Calabash (L. siceraria) belongs to the Lagenaria genus.
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Cucurbitales
familia = Cucurbitaceae
subfamilia = Cucurbitoideae
tribus = Benincaseae
subtribus = Benincasinae
genus = "Lagenaria"
genus_authority = Ser.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Lagenaria abyssinica"
"Lagenaria breviflora"
"Lagenaria guineensis"
"Lagenaria rufa"
"Lagenaria siceraria"
"Lagenaria sphaerica"
"Lagenaria vulgaris"

"Lagenaria" is a genus of gourd bearing vines from the family Cucurbitaceae, also known as the "Squash" family. It contains at least seven species, one of which is known as the Calabash ("Lagenaria siceraria"). Its species fruit can either be harvested young and used as a vegetable or harvested mature, dried, and used as a bottle or utensil.

References

* [http://ecoport.org/ep?SearchType=earticleView&earticleId=120&page=-2 Pollinators and biological diversity: the case of the bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) in Kenya.]


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