FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 



Habitat. South Europe. Cultivated widely. 



Remarks. The TreVo^ of Theophrastus, and eWpo? itivwv of Hippocrates, 

 according to Sprengel. Fraas does not recognise it in the writings of the 

 ancients. 



Cucurbita Lagenaria. W. Bottle Gourd, False Calabash. 



Linn. Syst. Monoecia Monadelphia. 



The fruit, used as a vegetable. 



Vernacular. Ulavoo, Sans. Laoo, Kudoo, Toomba, Beng. Hurrea- 

 kuddoo, Sind. Dec. Irao, Siridh. Bella-schora, MaL Shora- 

 Jcaiy Tarn. Anapa-hai, Ala-buvu, Anuga-kaya, Gubba-koya, 

 Kundamuga, Nelanuga, Tel. Diya-laba, Cey. Kaddu, Pers. 

 Dubba-dibbe, Quara-tauvil, Quara-m'dauer, Egypt. 



Habitat. India. 



Remarks. Lindley states that some sailors were once poisoned by beer 

 which had been standing in a hollowed bottle gourd ; and that " there is 

 reason to believe that some if not all the edible sorts (of Cucurbits) owe 

 their freedom from poisonous properties to cultivation, for some in a wild 

 state are found to possess them in much activity." Livingstone, it will 

 be remembered, mentions that the Kenywe or Kerne (Cucumis coffer) of 

 the Kalahari desert bears both sweet and bitter gourds. Momordica 

 Bahamina also while eaten in some countries, is poisonous in others. 

 Cucumis coffer bears large edible tubers. # 



Cucurbita Melopepo. W. Squash Gourd, Red Gourd, or Melon 

 Pumpkin. 



Linn. Syst. Moncecia Monadelphia. 



The fruit, used as a vegetable. 



Vernacular. Suphuree-koomra, Beng. Hind. Schakeri-schora, Mai. 

 Pusani-kai, Tarn. Gumudi, Kushmandamu, Bagala t Tel. 



Habitat. Levant. "Widely cultivated. 



Remarks. First mentioned by Avicenna. . Is the C. maxima of many 

 botanists. 



Cucurbita ovifera. W. Egg-shaped Gourd, Vegetable Marrow. 



Linn. Sytt. Monoecia Monadelphia. 



The fruit, used as a vegetable. 

 Vernacular. 



Habitat. Astracan. Widely cultivated. 

 Remarks. A variety is called Succade Gourd. 

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