Genera

Species

Common

name

Utilization

Sexual

System

Life

Cycle

Species

Cultivated

Benincasa Savi.

hispida (Thunb. ex Murray) Cogn.

Ash gourd

Food source (flowers, fruit, leaves, seed, and stem) industrial, medicinal

M

An

1

1

Lagenaria Ser.

Siceraria (Molina) Stand

Bottle gourd

Food source (fruit, seeds and stem), industrial (containers, musical instruments, decoration), medicinal

M

An

5 - 6

1

Luffa Mill.

Acutangula (L.) Roxb

Angled/ridge gourd

Food source (fruit), medicinal

M, D

An

5 - 9

2

Cylindrica (L.) M. Roem

Sponge gourd

Food source (fruit and leaves), industrial (filters, sponge) medicinal

M

An

Momordica L.

Charantia L

Bitter gourd

Food source (flowers, fruit, leaves, and young shoots), industrial, medicinal, ornamental

M

An

40 - 150

~6

Trichosanthes L.

Anguina/Cucumerina L.

Snake gourd

Food source (fruit, leaves, roots, seeds and young shoots), medicinal

M

An

91 - 100

~15

Dioica Roxb.

Pointed gourd

Food source (fruit, leaves and young shoots)

D

An

Sechium P. Brownie

Edule (Jaqc.) Sw

Chayote

Food source (fruit, leaves, root, stem and young shoots), medicinal

M

P

11 - 15

2