8610.000 Lagenaria Ser.

Description of the genus

Climbers. Leaves simple; petiole with 2 lateral glands at the apex. Tendrils proximally 2-fid. Flowers white, appearing at night. Male flowers: axillary or in racemes; petals 5, entire; stamens 3. Female flowers: solitary; style 1; stigma 3-lobed. Fruit greenish, indehiscent with a hard shell. Seeds flattened.

Worldwide: 6 species in tropical Africa and Madagascar; one widespread in the tropics.

Zambia: 3 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
breviflora (Benth.) Roberty	N,W	Lp,N	Description, Image
siceraria (Molina) Standl.	B,C	Lk,W	Image
sphaerica (Sond.) Naudin	N,C,E,S	Lp,N,E,Lk,S	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Lagenaria:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Lagenaria
Flora of Burundi: Lagenaria
Flora of the DRC: Lagenaria
Flora of Malawi: Lagenaria
Flora of Mozambique: Lagenaria
Flora of Rwanda: Lagenaria
Flora of Zimbabwe: Lagenaria
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Lagenaria

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Lagenaria
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Lagenaria
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Lagenaria
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Lagenaria
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Lagenaria
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Lagenaria
JSTOR Plant Science: Lagenaria
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Lagenaria
Plants of the World Online: Lagenaria
Tropicos: Lagenaria
Wikipedia: Lagenaria

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Lagenaria.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1446, retrieved 21 November 2024

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