familyCucurbitaceae
genusLagenaria
speciesLagenaria siceraria
subspeciesLagenaria siceraria subsp. siceraria
Lagenaria siceraria subsp. siceraria
Synonyms: Cucurbita lagenaria Linnaeus Lagenaria leucantha Rusby L. vulgaris Seringe
Stems 1–5 m, rooting at nodes. Leaves: petiole 3–10 (–16) cm; blade 3–25 (–40) × 4–25 (–40) cm, lobes obscure, rounded, apex apiculate. Inflorescences: pistillate peduncles 6–10 cm. Flowers: petal apex apiculate, corolla cream to white with darker veins, pale-yellow at base. Pepos 10–50 cm (to 200 cm in some cultivated forms), [exocarp woody]. Seeds slightly tapered, slightly 2-horned on shoulders, with 2 flat facial ridges, 12–22 mm. 2n = 22.
Phenology: Flowering Aug–Oct.
Habitat: Gardens, trash heaps, fields, woods edges, railroad banks, roadsides, ditch banks, stream banks, commonly cultivated in home gardens and commercially, abandoned plantings
Elevation: 20–900 m
Distribution
Introduced; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ky., La., Mass., Miss., Mo., N.Y., N.C., Okla., Pa., S.C., Tex., Va., Asia, Africa, also in West Indies, South America, Europe, Australia
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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... more about "Lagenaria siceraria subsp. siceraria"
apiculate +
cordate +
3-5(-7)-lobed;ovate;reniform +
absent +
adnate +
salverform;campanulate;cupulate;rotate +
straight +
berrylike +
aculeate +
axillary +
unisexual +
conical +
small +
Gardens, trash heaps, fields, woods edges, railroad banks, roadsides, ditch banks, stream banks, commonly cultivated in home gardens and commercially, abandoned plantings +
perennial +
campanulate +
Present +
umbellate;subumbellate +
true +
alternate +
obscure +
rounded +
fimbriate +
pistillate +
apiculate +
with light green or white longitudinal stripes;mottled;pale-brown;yellowish;(15-)20-greenish yellow;white;cream +
indehiscent +
distinct +
maturing +
glabrous +
2-ventricose;subglobose;cylindric ellipsoid or lageniform +
Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. +
1930 +
not arillate +
100;300 +
connate +
vestigial +
subulate;triangular or linear +
connate +
rooting +
annual +
trailing +
densely villous;puberulent +
longitudinal +
eglandular +
Lagenaria siceraria subsp. siceraria +
Lagenaria siceraria +
subspecies +
2-branched +
absent +
darker +
exalbuminous +
annual +
monoecious +