Lagenaria siceraria (Bottle gourd, Calabash)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid I > Order: Cucurbitales > Family: Cucurbitaceae > Genus: Lagenaria

Ecological interactions

Flower visitors and Pollinators

Morimoto et al. (2004) in a study conducted in Kenya, recorded the following flower visitors:

• Lepidoptera: Sphingidae. Suspected of being the major pollinators.
  • Hippotion celerio
  • Agrius convolvuli
• Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae (skipper butterflies)
  • Gorgyra johnstoni
• Hymenoptera: Apidae
  • Apis mellifera (Honeybee)

Publications

• Meeuse, A.D.J. 1962. The Cucurbitaceae of southern Africa. Bothalia 8: 1-111.
• Morimoto Y, Gikungu M, Maundu P. 2004. Pollinators of the bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) observed in Kenya. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 24: 79-86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/IJT20046