Lagenaria

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Lagenaria

Description

Robust annual (or perennial) climbing herbs, leafy stem 2-5 mm diam., plant finely hairy; Leaves: Flowers solitary, large; Fruit ripening green or yellowish, large, hard-shelled, inside fleshy, indehiscent. Seeds numerous, compressed, margin ± distinct, edge entire.

Distribution

Africa present, Asia-Tropical, South America present
About 6 species in Africa, one also in South America; in Malesia: 1 species, Lagenaria siceraria, widely cultivated.

Citation

C.Jeffrey 2001 – In: Hanelt, Mansfeld’s encycl. agric. hort. crops 3: 1531