Lagenaria siceraria Calflora

Taxon Report

Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.

(not an active name)

Bottle gourd

Lagenaria siceraria is an annual herb or vine that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~6 records in California Plant Characteristics

Photos on Calflora


Genus:	Lagenaria
Family:	Cucurbitaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Cucurbita lagenaria
PLANTS	Cucurbita siceraria
PLANTS	Lagenaria leucantha
PLANTS	Lagenaria vulgaris

Information about Lagenaria siceraria from other sources


USDA PLANTS Profile (LASI) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 12/21/2024).