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Genus: Lagenaria
Life
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> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants)
> Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid I
> Order: Cucurbitales > Family: Cucurbitaceae
About six species,
mainly in tropical Africa, with three species native to southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of
Zimbabwe and
Flora of
Mozambique.
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Lagenaria breviflora
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
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Lagenaria siceraria (Bottle
gourd, Calabash)
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Lagenaria sphaerica |
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Publications
- Jeffrey, C. 1978. Cucurbitaceae. Flora
Zambesiaca 4: 414-499.
- Meeuse, A.D.J. 1962. The Cucurbitaceae of
southern Africa. Bothalia 8: 1-111.
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