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Bottle Gourd
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About Bottle Gourd

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1 What is

1.1 Life Span

Annual and Biennials

1.2 Type

Vegetable

1.3 Origin

India, Philippines, Southeast Asia

1.4 Types

Not Available

1.4.1 Number of Varieties

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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1.5 Habitat

Moist Soils, Tropical Climate

1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone

5-7
Bamboo
0 99

1.7 AHS Heat Zone

12-1

1.8 Sunset Zone

A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

1.9 Habit

Vining/Climbing

2 Information

2.1 Plant Size

2.1.1 Minimum Height

60.00 cm
Rank: 100 (Overall)
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2.1.2 Minimum Width

90.00 cm
Rank: 85 (Overall)
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0.1 6350

2.2 Plant Color

2.2.1 Flower Color

Yellow, Orange, Dark Green

2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier

Bicolor

2.2.3 Fruit Color

Yellow, Dark Green

2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring

Green, Dark Green

2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer

Green, Dark Green

2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall

Green, Dark Green

2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter

Not Available

2.3 Shape

2.3.1 Leaf Shape

Palmate

2.4 Thorns

2% - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it !

3 Season

3.1 Plant Season

Summer, Fall

3.2 Growing Conditions

3.2.1 Sunlight

Full Sun

3.2.2 Growth Rate

Very Fast

3.2.3 Type of Soil

Loam, Sand

3.2.4 The pH of Soil

Neutral

3.2.5 Soil Drainage

Well drained

3.2.6 Bloom Time

Indeterminate

3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer

66% - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it !

3.3 Tolerances

Drought

4 Care

4.1 Where to Plant?

Ground

4.2 How to Plant?

Seedlings

4.3 Plant Maintenance

Medium

4.4 Watering Plants

4.4.1 Watering Requirements

Requires watering in the growing season, water on alternate days

4.4.2 In Summer

Lots of watering

4.4.3 In Spring

Moderate

4.4.4 In Winter

Average Water

4.5 Soil

4.5.1 Soil pH

Neutral

4.5.2 Soil Type

Loam, Sand

4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained

4.6 Sun Exposure

Full Sun

4.7 Pruning

Cut out old flower stalks, Prune after flowering, Remove branches that rub together, Remove dead or diseased plant parts

4.8 Fertilizers

High potassium diluted feed of 5-10-5, Nitrogen, Potassium

4.9 Pests and Diseases

Army-worms, Bacteria wilt, Bacterial leaf spot, Blight, Cucumber beetles, Cutworms, Fusarium leaf spot, Leaf rust, Red spider mite, Striped cucumber beetles

4.10 Plant Tolerance

Full Sun, Salt and Soil Compaction, Shallow soil

5 Facts

5.1 Flowers

Showy

5.1.1 Flower Petal Number

Single

5.2 Fruits

5.2.1 Showy Fruit

60% - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it !

5.2.2 Edible Fruit

65% - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it !

5.3 Fragrance

5.3.1 Fragrant Flower

45% - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it !

5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit

18% - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it !

5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf

34% - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it !

5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem

22% - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it !

5.4 Showy Foliage

35% - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it !

5.5 Showy Bark

No - List of Vegetables Garden Plants has it !

5.6 Foliage Texture

Coarse

5.7 Foliage Sheen

Matte

5.8 Evergreen

2% - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it !

5.9 Invasive

1% - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it !

5.10 Self-Sowing

78% - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it !

5.11 Attracts

Bees, Flies, Flying insects

5.12 Allergy

Hypoglycaemic Coma, Irregular Heart Rhythm

6 Benefits

6.1 Uses

6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses

Decorating walls, Ornamental use

6.1.2 Beauty Benefits

Anti-ageing, Making cosmetics

6.1.3 Edible Uses

98% - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it !

6.1.4 Environmental Uses

Food for animals, Insect Repellent

6.2 Plant Benefits

6.2.1 Medicinal Uses

Anti-fungal, Blood disorders, Culinary Usage, Diabetes, Gastrointestinal disorders, Laxative, Nutritive, Weight loss

6.2.2 Part of Plant Used

Fruits

6.2.3 Other Uses

Cosmetics, Culinary use, Repellent, Used in making musical instruments

6.3 Used As Indoor Plant

31% - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it !

6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant

All - List of Vegetables Garden Plants have it !

6.5 Garden Design

Dried Flower/Everlasting, Vine

7 Scientific Name

7.1 Botanical Name

Lagenaria siceraria

7.2 Common Name

calabash, bottle gourd, white-flowered gourd, opo squash

7.2.1 In Hindi

लौकी

7.2.2 In German

Flaschenkürbis

7.2.3 In French

Lagenaria siceraria

7.2.4 In Spanish

Lagenaria siceraria

7.2.5 In Greek

Τσότρα

7.2.6 In Portuguese

Cabaça

7.2.7 In Polish

Tykwa pospolita

7.2.8 In Latin

utrem cucurbita

8 Classification

8.1 Kingdom

Plantae

8.2 Phylum

Magnoliophyta

8.3 Class

Magnoliopsida

8.4 Order

Cucurbitales

8.5 Family

Cucurbitaceae

8.6 Genus

Coccinia

8.7 Clade

Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids

8.8 Tribe

Not Available

8.9 Subfamily

Papilionoideae

8.10 Number of Species

27
Rank: 100 (Overall)
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Properties of Bottle Gourd

Want to know the properties of Bottle Gourd? Then you are at the right place. Here you'll know everything about every plant. Knowing the properties of garden plants is very interesting. Bottle Gourd is a flowering plantalso, its flowers are fragrant. Many garden plants possess some allergies. One should know everything about before planting. It has allergic reactions which are Hypoglycaemic Coma and Irregular Heart Rhythm. Bottle Gourd Benefits are as follows:

  • Medicinal use: Anti-fungal, Blood disorders, Culinary Usage, Diabetes, Gastrointestinal disorders, Laxative, Nutritive and Weight loss

  • Part of plant used: Fruits

It is always necessary for every botanist to study and know all the characteristics of every plant. Scientific classification which includes kingdom, clade, genus, tribe and order are important parameters to understand for every botanist. The gardener must know the properties like the kind of soil required, the amount of water needed, fertilization and pruning required for respective plant. All these properties differ according to plant.

Bottle Gourd Physical Information

Physical information is must while knowing everything about Bottle Gourd. Physical information includes the exterior appearance of the plant. The appearance of the plants is well considered factor, especially when you want your garden to be very attractive. Learn about color of leaves and flowers which differs even from the same species of plants. Bottle Gourd physical information is as follows: 60.00 cm tall and 90.00 cm wide. Its leaf shape is Palmate. Also it has following color specifications:

  • Flower color: Yellow, Orange and Dark Green
  • Leaf color: Green, Dark Green

Care of Bottle Gourd

Taking Bottle Gourd Care is very important. Pruning, fertilizing, timely watering is very important care factors of any plant. If proper care is taken, results are refreshing and green plants which have a healthy life. Hence every garden plant care should be taken properly. Care of Bottle Gourd include pruning, which should be done Cut out old flower stalks, Prune after flowering, Remove branches that rub together and Remove dead or diseased plant parts. The watering done in summer is Lots of watering and in winter is Average Water. It needs Full Sun for its proper growth.

Season and care of Bottle Gourd

Many a times, care of plants is dependent on the season of the plant. Hence season and care of Bottle Gourd is important if you are planning to plant it in your garden. It is a Annual and Biennials plant. Bottle Gourd is a very important plant from List of Vegetables. There are Not Available varieties of this plant, among which some popular species are: Not Available. This plant's habitat is Moist Soils and Tropical Climate and it comes in the hardiness zone 5-7. If you want to keep your garden blooming for all year, grow different plants which blooms in different seasons. Also, understanding habitat of plants is necessary to know, it helps to adjust the environment of the plant like the type of soil and temperature needed for it, according to region it originated from.

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