Lagenaria siceraria (Gourd)

Lagenaria siceraria

Common Name: Gourd, Bottle Gourd
Oˊodham Name: Wako Audio
Group: Crop Plants － Crop Plants

Description

Although Lagenaria siceraria most likely originated in tropical Africa, it now occurs world-wide. This species was cultivated 10,000 years ago and is the only crop known to be cultivated during pre-Columbian times both in the New World and Old World .

Classification

Kingdom Plantae － Plants

Subkingdom Tracheobionta － Vascular plants

Superdivision Spermatophyta － Seed plants

Division Magnoliophyta － Flowering plants

Class Magnoliopsida － Dicotyledons

Subclass Dilleniidae

Order Violales

Family Cucurbitaceae － Cucumber family

Genus Lagenaria Ser. － lagenaria

Species Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. － bottle gourd

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