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.

Mozambique: 3 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
breviflora (Benth.) Roberty	N,MS	Description, Image
siceraria (Molina) Standl.	N,GI,M	Description, Image
sphaerica (Sond.) Naudin	N,MS,GI,M	Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Lagenaria
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Flora of the DRC: Lagenaria
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Flora of Rwanda: Lagenaria
Flora of Zambia: Lagenaria
Flora of Zimbabwe: Lagenaria
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Lagenaria

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Lagenaria
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iNaturalist: Lagenaria
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Lagenaria
JSTOR Plant Science: Lagenaria
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Lagenaria
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Tropicos: Lagenaria
Wikipedia: Lagenaria