USEFUL PLANTS OF THE DISTRICT OF LAKHIMPUR. 
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Local name. — G urmi. 
Distrib.— -Indo-Malayan region. 
Generally wild. The fmits are eaten when ripe. The green fruits are sometimes dried 
and fried. 
225. C. satirns Linn. F. B. I. ii, 620 ; Eng. & Prantl iv, 5, 28 ; 
Bong. PL 523 ; D. E. P. ii, 632. 
Lakhimpur. No. 164. 
Local name.— .Om?. “ Cucumber ” 
Distrib. — Cultivated in all warm and warm temperate countries in 
the world. Native country unknown. 
Grown in gardens. 
184. Lagenaria Seringe. 
22%. Is. vulgaris Ser. F. B. I. ii, 613; Eng. & Prantl iv, 5, 30 ; 
Beng. PL 519 ; D. E. P. iv, 580 ; Pharmacog. Ind. ii, 67 
Cucurbita lagenaria Linn. FI. Ind. iii, 718. 
Dibrugarh. No. 35. 
Local name.— Lau. “ Bottle gourd/' 
Distrib.— Apparently wild in India and Abyssinia. Now cultivated 
throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. 
Very commonly cultivated. A large softly hairy climbing herb. The tendrils divide into 
two branches. The flowers are large and white and the fruit though very variable in shape 
always has a woody rind. The unripe fruits are boiled and eaten. The seeds are sown in 
November and the fruits are ripe the following February, 
185. Tricliosanthes Linn. 
227. T. anguina L. F. B. I. ii, 610 ; Eng. & Prantl iv, 5, 8 1 ; 
Beng. PL 518 ; D. E. P. vi, 4, 81. 
Sadiya. No. 389. 
Local name. — -Dhundoli, chichenga. (< -Snake gourd.” 
Distrib. — Cultivated in India. Also in Malaya and China. 
Recognised by its white fimbriated corolla and long snake-like fruits traversed from end 
to end by white stripes. Extensively cultivated as a vegetable. 
186. Hotlgsonia Hk. f. & T. 
228. H: heteroclita Hk. f. & T. F. B. I. ii, 606 ; Beng, PL 516. 
II. macrocar pa (Bl.) Cogn. Eng. & Prantl iv, 5, 32. Trickosanl/ics 
hcteroclita Roxb. FI. Ind. iii, 705. 
Local name. — Astepa (Phakial). 
Distrib.— From the Eastern Himalayas through Assam to Burma. 
Also Malaya. 
A large climber with leathery, 3-5 lobed leaves and brownish yellow petals which end in a 
long fringe. The fruits arc globular. The Phakials apparently prepare some article of 
food fvom the seeds of this plant. 
