bottle gourd lagenaria siceraria

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Bottle Gourd Lagenaria siceraria

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Native: Africa & Asia

Family: Cucurbitaceae

Height: 18-24 inches

Leaf Shape: Circular

Annual climbing vine

Edible

Pollination: Self

Pollination

Calabash was one of the first cultivated plants in the world, grown not for food but as a container


Hindi: लललल Lauki

Manipuri: Khongdrum

Tamil: लललललललललल Surakkai

Telugu: సరకయ, Sorakkaya

Marathi: लललल Dudhi

Malayalam: Pechura

Kannada: Sorekayi

Bengali: Ladu

Gujarati: Tumada

Sanskrit: Tiktalabu


Grows fast and begin to flower only 2 months after seeding


Lagenaria (lag-en-AR-ee-uh)siceraria (sy-ker-AR-ee-uh)


© Confederation of Indian IndustryDried Calabash is used as bottle, Utensil or Pipe. Hence the name Bottle Gourd


Calabash means dry gourd in Persian literature


Leaves are up to 15 inches wide, circular in shape, with smooth margins, a few with broad lobes or undulate margins

Leaves of lower surface have a velvety structure because of fine hairs

Lower Surface

Upper Surface



Flowers are borne singly on the axils of the Flowers are borne singly on the axils of the leavesleaves

Flowers grow upto 4 inches in diameter. White and attractive

Male flowers on long peduncles

Female flowers on Short peduncles

Pollinated at night by hawk-Pollinated at night by hawk-moths and other moth speciesmoths and other moth species



Fresh fruit has a light green smooth skin and a white flesh



Brownish seeds are numerous in a whitish green pulp


Seed is rectangular in shape with grooved notches near the attached end


A glass of juice is a

valuable medicine for

dehydration due to severe

diarrhoea

Cures disorders like

jaundice and inflammation

of kidneys & Diabetes

Medicinal Value



Provides multiple

vitamins

Cooling effect

Prevents constipation

Help on pH balance

Aid in weight loss

Insomnia

Health Benefits Bottle Gourd Lagenaria siceraria


Please do remember Bottle Gourd

Lagenaria siceraria

Everybody must eat bottle guard at the month of Mid – February upto mid – April to prevent getting chicken pox


Contains 96% of water & Low in Calories

Varieties of Dishes are made out of it

Bottle gourd is a common vegetable in India

Rich in minerals, iron, protein and fiber

Drinking a glass of bottle gourd juice in the morning daily can be very useful for treating graying hair because it helps liver



Taking one glass of Fresh gourd juice sometimes develops Diarrhea and vomiting mixed with blood and Oliguria and leads to death

It also leads to Peripheral circulatory failure

Cucurbitacins are the toxic compounds which are responsible for the bitter taste and can cause ulcers in the stomach


Toxicity

© Confederation of Indian IndustryDried Calabash is used for art

and decorative works


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