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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.
Bottle gourd

Lagenaria siceraria
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr

Family: Cucurbitaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Vine

Perennation: Annual

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Presumed Extirpated

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Collected once in 1919 on Lignumvitae Key by John Kunkel Small (s.n., USF).

Other data on Lagenaria siceraria available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Lagenaria siceraria has been reported from the following conservation area in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park Presumed Extirpated Not Native, Naturalized




Lagenaria siceraria has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Disturbed Upland


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Lagenaria siceraria
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Lagenaria siceraria
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Lagenaria siceraria
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr