Lettuce

Snake Gourd

About Lettuce and Snake Gourd

Lettuce

Snake Gourd

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What is

Life Span

Annual

Type

Vegetable

Origin

Egypt

India, Philippines, Southeast Asia

Types

Lactuca sativa

Number of Varieties

10-

0 40000

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Habitat

Cold Regions

Loamy soils, Moist Soils, Subtropical climates

USDA Hardiness Zone

-99995-7

0 99

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AHS Heat Zone

12-1

Sunset Zone

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

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

Habit

Rosette/Stemless

Vining/Climbing

Information

Plant Size

Minimum Height

510.00 cm60.00 cm

0 3900

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Minimum Width

7.60 cm90.00 cm

0 6350

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Plant Color

Flower Color

Yellow, Orange, Dark Green

Flower Color Modifier

Bicolor

Fruit Color

Yellow, Dark Green

Leaf Color in Spring

Green, Dark Green

Leaf Color in Summer

Green, Dark Green

Leaf Color in Fall

Green, Dark Green

Leaf Color in Winter

Shape

Leaf Shape

Spoon Shaped

Palmate

Thorns

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Season

Plant Season

Summer, Fall

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full Sun, Partial Sun

Full Sun

Growth Rate

Very Fast

Type of Soil

Loam, Sand

The pH of Soil

Neutral

Soil Drainage

Well drained

Bloom Time

Indeterminate

Repeat Bloomer

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Tolerances

Drought

Care

Where to Plant?

Container, Ground

Ground

How to Plant?

Seedlings

Plant Maintenance

Medium

Watering Plants

Watering Requirements

Average Water Needs, Needs Very high moisture

Keep ground moist, Requires regular watering

In Summer

Lots of watering

In Spring

Moderate

In Winter

Average Water

Soil

Soil pH

Neutral

Soil Type

Loam, Sand

Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained

Sun Exposure

Full Sun, Partial Sun

Full Sun

Pruning

Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves

Cut out old flower stalks, Remove dead or diseased plant parts

Fertilizers

10-10-10, All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer

Nitrogen, N-P-K balanced liquid fertilizer, Potassium

Pests and Diseases

Aphids, Armyworm, Beetles, Leafminers, Molecrickets, Red blotch, Thripes, Whiteflies

Army-worms, Bacterial leaf spot, Blight, Cucumber beetles, Cucumber mosaic, Cutworms, Fusarium leaf spot, Red spider mite

Plant Tolerance

Drought

Full Sun, Salt and Soil Compaction

Facts

Flowers

Showy

Flower Petal Number

Single

Fruits

Showy Fruit

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Edible Fruit

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Fragrance

Fragrant Flower

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Fragrant Fruit

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Fragrant Leaf

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Fragrant Bark/Stem

✔ ✘

Showy Foliage

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Showy Bark

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Foliage Texture

Bold

Coarse

Foliage Sheen

Matte

Evergreen

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Invasive

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Self-Sowing

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Attracts

Aphids, Caterpillar, Snails, Whiteflies

Bees, Flies, Flying insects

Allergy

Food Allergy, Hives, Swollen Lips

Hypoglycaemic Coma, Irregular Heart Rhythm, Miscarriage

Benefits

Uses

Aesthetic Uses

Beauty Benefits

Glowing Skin, Improve skin tone, Skin Problems

Glowing Skin, Moisturizing, Nourishes scalp

Edible Uses

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Environmental Uses

Air purification

Food for animals

Plant Benefits

Medicinal Uses

Fiber, Insomnia, Rich in protein

Diabetes, Gastrointestinal disorders, Jaundice, Laxative, Leprosy, Weight loss

Part of Plant Used

Leaves, Seeds, Stem

Fruits, Leaves

Other Uses

Culinary use, Food for animals, Used as a nutritious food item, Used As Food

Cosmetics, Culinary use, Repellent

Used As Indoor Plant

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Used As Outdoor Plant

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Garden Design

Edible, Vegetable

Dried Flower/Everlasting, Vine

Scientific Name

Botanical Name

Lactuca sativa

Trichosanthes cucumerina

Common Name

Lettuce

snake gourd, serpent gourd, chichinda, padwal

In Hindi

सलाद

चिचिण्डा

In German

Salat

Schlangenhaargurke

In French

Salade

Trichosanthes cucumerina

In Spanish

Lechuga

snake gourd

In Greek

Μαρούλι

φίδι κολοκύθα

In Portuguese

Alface

snake gourd

In Polish

Sałata

Gurdlina ogórkowata

In Latin

lactuca

snake gourd

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Magnoliophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Cucurbitales

Family

Asteraceae

Cucurbitaceae

Genus

Lactuca

Coccinia

Clade

Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots

Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids

Tribe

Cichorieae

Subfamily

Papilionoideae

Number of Species

10027

1 27800

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Properties of Lettuce and Snake Gourd

Wondering what are the properties of Lettuce and Snake Gourd? We provide you with everything About Lettuce and Snake Gourd. Lettuce doesn't have thorns and Snake Gourd doesn't have thorns. Also Lettuce does not have fragrant flowers. Lettuce has allergic reactions like Food Allergy, Hives and Swollen Lips and Snake Gourd has allergic reactions like Food Allergy, Hives and Swollen Lips. Compare all the properties and characteristics of these two plants. Find out which of these plant can be used as indoor plant. If you are interested to decorate your house and garden, find out aesthetic uses, compare them and select the plant which will beautify your surrounding. Along with beautification, try comparing medicinal and edible uses of Lettuce and Snake Gourd and you can choose the plant having best and most benefits.

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Season and Care of Lettuce and Snake Gourd

Season and care of Lettuce and Snake Gourd is important to know. While considering everything about Lettuce and Snake Gourd Care, growing season is an essential factor. Lettuce season is and Snake Gourd season is . The type of soil for Lettuce is and for Snake Gourd is Loam, Sand while the PH of soil for Lettuce is and for Snake Gourd is Neutral.

Lettuce and Snake Gourd Physical Information

Lettuce and Snake Gourd physical information is very important for comparison. Lettuce height is 510.00 cm and width 7.60 cm whereas Snake Gourd height is 60.00 cm and width 90.00 cm. The color specification of Lettuce and Snake Gourd are as follows:

Lettuce flower color:
Lettuce leaf color:
Snake Gourd flower color: Yellow, Orange and Dark Green
Snake Gourd leaf color: Green, Dark Green

Care of Lettuce and Snake Gourd

Care of Lettuce and Snake Gourd include pruning, fertilizers, watering etc. Lettuce pruning is done Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves and Snake Gourd pruning is done Cut out old flower stalks and Remove dead or diseased plant parts. In summer Lettuce needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water. Whereas, in summer Snake Gourd needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water.