Lagenaria abyssinica

(Hook.f.) C.Jeffrey Species

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Botanical name
Lagenaria abyssinica
Family
Cucurbitaceae
Genus
Lagenaria
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Lagenaria abyssinica

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Lagenaria abyssinica but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Adenopus abyssinicus Adenopus reticulatus

Others in Lagenaria

Lagenaria breviflora
Lagenaria guineensis
Lagenaria rufa
Lagenaria siceraria
Calabash Gourd
Lagenaria sphaerica

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