Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Cucurbitaceae | Genus: Lagenaria | Species: Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. |
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| Synonym | Cucurbita lagenaria, Lagenaria vulgaris | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Bottle gourd, calabash | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Bottle Gourd, Kalbas | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Khongdrum | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 1800 m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Climber | Fruit Details | Fruit large, variable, up to 800 X 200 mm, subglobose to cylindrical, flask-shaped or globose with a constriction above the middle; fleshy, densely hairy to ultimately glabrous, indehiscent, green, maturing yellowish or pale brown, pulp drying out completely on ripening, leaving a thick, hard, hollow |
| Habitat | Occurs in cultivated Beds | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Tropical Asia and Africa | Bark Details | Ribbed, thick, brittle, softly hairy, up to 5 m long, cut stems exude no sap |
| Distribution in manipur | Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Climber stems prostrate or climbing, angular, ribbed, thick, brittle, softly hairy, up to 5 m long, cut stems exude no sap | Leaf Details | Leaves up to 400 mm long and 400 mm broad, shortly and softly hairy, broadly egg-, kidney- or heart-shaped in outline, undivided, angular or faintly 3-7-lobed, lobes rounded |
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