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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Lagenaria''
| image = Courge encore verte.jpg
| image_width = 300px
| image_caption = The [[Calabash]] (L. siceraria) belongs to the Lagenaria genus.
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Cucurbitales]]
| familia = [[Cucurbitaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Cucurbitoideae]]
| tribus = [[Benincaseae]]
| subtribus = [[Benincasinae]]
| genus = '''''Lagenaria'''''
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
''[[Lagenaria abyssinica]]''<br>
''[[Lagenaria breviflora]]''<br>
''[[Lagenaria guineensis]]''<br>
''[[Lagenaria rufa]]''<br>
''[[Lagenaria siceraria]]''<br>
''[[Lagenaria sphaerica]]''<br>
''[[Lagenaria vulgaris]]''
}}
'''''Lagenaria''''' is a [[genus]] of [[gourd]] bearing [[vine]]s from the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Cucurbitaceae]], also known as the "Squash" family. It contains at least seven species, one of which is known as the [[Calabash]] (''[[Lagenaria siceraria]]''). Its species fruit can either be harvested young and used as a [[vegetable]] or harvested mature, dried, and used as a bottle or utensil.
==References==
*[http://ecoport.org/ep?SearchType=earticleView&earticleId=120&page=-2 Pollinators and biological diversity: the case of the bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) in Kenya.]
[[Category:Cucurbitaceae]]
{{fruit-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Lagenaria''
| image = Courge encore verte.jpg
| image_width = 300px
| image_caption = The [[Calabash]] (L. siceraria) belongs to the Lagenaria genus.
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Cucurbitales]]
| familia = [[Cucurbitaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Cucurbitoideae]]
| tribus = [[Benincaseae]]
| subtribus = [[Benincasinae]]
| genus = '''''Lagenaria'''''
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
''[[Lagenaria abyssinica]]''<br>
''[[Lagenaria breviflora]]''<br>
''[[Lagenaria guineensis]]''<br>
''[[Lagenaria rufa]]''<br>
''[[Lagenaria siceraria]]''<br>
''[[Lagenaria sphaerica]]''<br>
''[[Lagenaria vulgaris]]''
}}
'''''Lagenaria''''' is a [[genus]] of [[gourd]] bearing [[vine]]s from the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Cucurbitaceae]], also known as the "Squash" family. It contains at least seven species, one of which is known as the [[Calabash]] (''[[Lagenaria siceraria]]''). Its species fruit can either be harvested young and used as a [[vegetable]] or harvested mature, dried, and used as a bottle or utensil.
==References==
*[http://ecoport.org/ep?SearchType=earticleView&earticleId=120&page=-2 Pollinators and biological diversity: the case of the bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) in Kenya.]
[[Category:Cucurbitaceae]]
{{fruit-stub}}
