Alien
Climbing or trailing annual herb , up to 4 . 5 m long . Stems herbaceous , prostrate or scandent , softly villous . Leaves broadly ovate-reniform or suborbicular in outline , cordate , sinuate-toothed , apiculate , hairy , obscurely palmately 5-9-lobed , petiolate ; tendrils bifid . Inflorescence monoecious . Flowers male flowers solitary on 75–310 mm . long peduncles ; sepals triangular-lanceolate or lanceolate ; petals white with green veins , opening in the evening , broadly obovate , apiculate ; female flowers on ± 60–70 mm . long stalks , sweet-scented . Fruit subglobose to cylindrical , commonly bottle-shaped or swollen at ends , green , uniformly coloured or mottled , yellow-brown when dry . Seeds oblong , compressed , slightly tapered , slightly 2-horned on the shoulders at the broader end , smooth . (Ref . POWO ; 2022) .
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Common
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Cucumis lagenaria (L.) Dumort.
Cucurbita siceraria Molina
Lagenaria hispida Ser.
Pepo lagenarius Moench
Trochomeria rehmannii Cogn.
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Calabash
Calabash Gourds
Monkey Apple
Bottle Gourd
White-flowered Gourd
Long Melon
Birdhouse Gourd
New Guinea Bean
Tasmania Bean
Commonly added as a vegetable to the traditionally made sauce 'maraq'. Sometimes used to prepare sweet dish, where milk with pinch of sugre is added later, usually eaten with Omani bread 'khubz amani'. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
*https://en.wikipedia.org *https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org *https://pza.sanbi.org *Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088. *Hammer, K. Gebauer, J. Al Khanjari, S. Buerkert, A. (2009). Oman at the cross-roads of inter-regional exchange of cultivated plants. Gene Resour Crop Evol (2009) 56:547-560. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008. DOI 10.1007/s10722-008-9385-z. *Patzelt, A. Pysek, P. Pergl, J. Van Kleunen, M. (2022). Alien flora of Oman: invasion status, taxonomic composition, habitats, origin, and pathways of introduction. Doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02711-4. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
