The various types of gourds commonly cultivated in India include ash gourd, Benincasa hispida (Thunberg); bitter gourd, Momordica charantia Linnaeus; bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria Standley; Ivy gourd, Coccina grandis (Linnaeus); pointed gourd, Trichosanthes dioida Roxberg; snake gourd, T. anguina Linnaeus; ridge gourd, Luffa acutangula Roxberg; sponge gourd, L. aegyptiaca Milliere; squash gourd, Citrullus lanatus fistulosus […]