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Lagenaria siceraria

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Family Cucurbitaceae

Taxonomy: Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Cucurbita siceraria Molina (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Lagenaria vulgaris Ser. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): ChI (doubtfully naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (23), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (15), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 24 traits from 51 records in 7 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_width (numerical): 150 mm (100-200 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 150 mm (100-200 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): green (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 170 mm (40-300 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 175 mm (50-300 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 11.5 cm (3-20 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): reniform (2); triangular (2); widely_ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): undulate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (1); herb (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 18 mm (16-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_elongated (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231723Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_20231115N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202244N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.