Lagenaria breviflora
Calabash Gourd
Lagenaria siceraria
(Molina) Standl. Species
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- Botanical name
- Lagenaria siceraria
- Also known as
- Bottle Gourd, Calabash, Calabash Gourd, White-Flower Gourd, White-Flowered Gourd
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Lagenaria
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Calabash Gourd
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Lagenaria siceraria but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Cucumis bicirrha
Cucumis lagenarius
Cucumis mairei
Cucurbita ciceraria
Cucurbita idolatrica
Cucurbita idololatrica
Cucurbita lagenaria
Cucurbita lagenaria var. oblonga
Cucurbita lagenaria var. villosa
Cucurbita leucantha
Cucurbita pyriformis
Cucurbita siceraria
Cucurbita vittata
Lagenaria bicornuta
Lagenaria cochinchinensis
Lagenaria hispida
Lagenaria idolatrica
Lagenaria lagenaria
Lagenaria leucantha
Lagenaria leucantha var. depressa
Lagenaria leucantha var. makinoi
Lagenaria leucantha var. microcarpa
Lagenaria microcarpa
Lagenaria siceraria f. depressa
Lagenaria siceraria var. depressa
Lagenaria siceraria var. laevisperma
Lagenaria siceraria var. microcarpa
Lagenaria siceraria var. siceraria
Lagenaria vittata
Lagenaria vulgaris
Lagenaria vulgaris subsp. afrikana
Lagenaria vulgaris subsp. asiatica
Lagenaria vulgaris var. clavata
Lagenaria vulgaris var. depressa
Lagenaria vulgaris var. gourda
Lagenaria vulgaris var. microcarpa
Pepo lagenarius
Trochomeria rehmannii
Others in Lagenaria
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