Lagenaria

Seringe

Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 3: 25, plate 2. 1825.

Common names: Bottle gourd
Introduced
Etymology: Greek lagenos, flask, alluding to shape and use of fruit
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 45. Mentioned on page 6.
 TaxonIllustrator 
FNA6 P07 Citrullus lantanus.jpegCitrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
Coccinia grandis
Lagenaria siceraria subsp. siceraria
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey

Plants annual [perennial], monoecious [dioecious], scandent or prostrate; stems mostly annual, densely villous to puberulent [sparsely hirsute to villous-hirsute]; taprooted [roots tuberous]; tendrils 2-branched. Leaves: petiole with pair of small conical glands at apex; blade broadly reniform or ovate [suborbiculate], ± palmately 3–5 (–7) -lobed, lobes triangular to widely obovate, base cordate, margins shallowly sinuate-serrate to dentate or sinuate-dentate, surfaces shortly puberulous or pubescent, eglandular. Inflorescences: staminate flowers solitary [racemose], axillary; pistillate flowers solitary, in same axils as staminate; bracts absent. Flowers: hypanthium campanulate to funnelform; sepals 5, subulate to triangular or linear; petals 5, distinct, white to cream, obovate to oblong-obovate, (15–) 20–greenish yellow, maturing yellowish or pale-brown, commonly mottled or with light green or white longitudinal stripes, subglobose to cylindric, ellipsoid, or lageniform, sometimes 2-ventricose, usually broader distally, smooth, glabrous, indehiscent. Seeds 100–300, oblong to ovoid-oblong, compressed, not arillate, with marginal groove (truncate), surface smooth. x = 11.

Distribution

Introduced; Africa, Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar), widely

Discussion

Species 6 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

"broader" is not a number.

... more about "Lagenaria"
distinct +  and connate +
Guy L. Nesom +
Seringe +
cordate +
3-5(-7)-lobed;ovate;reniform +
tubular +, saucer--shaped +, campanulate +  and rotate +
Bottle gourd +
salverform;campanulate;cupulate;rotate +
Africa +, Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar) +  and widely +
Greek lagenos, flask, alluding to shape and use of fruit +
furrowed +  and echinate +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
bristly +, smooth +, hairy +  and glabrous +
tuberculate +  and muricate +
fleshy +  and hard +
pistillate +  and staminate +
conical +
perennial +
dioecious +  and monoecious +
campanulate +
umbellate;subumbellate +
solitary +, corymbose +, fasciculate +, racemose +  and paniculate +
petiolate +, estipulate +  and simple +
triangular;widely obovate +
sinuate-dentate +, shallowly sinuate-serrate +  and dentate +
fimbriate +
induplicate-valvate +  and imbricate +
with light green or white longitudinal stripes;mottled;pale-brown;yellowish;(15-)20-greenish yellow;white;cream +
indehiscent +
distinct +
2-ventricose;subglobose;cylindric ellipsoid or lageniform +
Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève +
not arillate +
compressed +, oblong +  and ovoid-oblong +
subulate;triangular or linear +
Introduced +
3 +, 4 +  and 5 +
climbing +  and procumbent +
sprawling +  and prostrate +
densely villous;puberulent +
white +  and light green +
pubescent +  and puberulous +
Lagenaria +
Cucurbitaceae +
plant +, prostrate +  and scandent +