Cucurbitaceae
Calabash
Lagenaria siceraria
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Lagenaria
Pets and kids
- CatsNot sure
- DogsNot sure
- KidsNot sure
Why
Cats: Not sure
We found no reliable source on this plant for cats, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.
Dogs: Not sure
We found no reliable source on this plant for dogs, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.
Kids: Not sure
We found no reliable source on this plant for young children, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with a doctor or poison control.
Ate some? Call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 (a fee may apply). For a child, call Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222 (US). If they are struggling to breathe or collapse, call 911. Don't give anything by mouth unless a vet or poison expert tells you to.
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Common names
By language (95)
- Akan
- Koraa
- Amharic
- ቅል
- Arabic
- كالاباش خياري, دباء, قرع, قرع ضروف, قرع طويل, يقطين, دباء كوشنشيني, دباء مخطط
- Armenian
- Շշադդում
- arz
- كالاباش خيارى
- Assamese
- জাতি লাউ
- Asturian
- Calabacera vinera
- awa
- लौकी
- azb
- عادی سۇ قاباغی
- Azerbaijani
- Adi suqabağı
- Bangla
- লাউ
- Basque
- Edankuia
- Bhojpuri
- लउकी
- bik
- Upo
- bjn
- Waluh putih
- Burmese
- ဘူးပင်
- Cantonese
- 葫蘆
- Catalan
- Carabassera vinera, Carbassera vinera
- cdo
- Hù-lù
- Chinese
- 扁蒲, 葫芦, 葫蘆, 小葫芦, 瓠瓜, 壶卢, 壶卢子, 壶卢秧
- Croatian
- Tikva vrg
- Czech
- Lagenárie obecná, Indická okurka, Kalabasa, Kalebasa
- dag
- Sagboo
- din
- Anyal
- Dutch
- Fleskalebas
- English
- Calabash, Bottle gourd, Calabash gourd, Opo squash, White-flowered gourd
- Esperanto
- Kalabaso
- Filipino
- Kalabasang ligaw
- Finnish
- Pullokurpitsa
- French
- Cougourde, Cougourdon, Gourde
- frr
- Butelkürbis
- Georgian
- Აყირო
- German
- Flaschenkürbis
- Gujarati
- દૂધી
- hak
- Fù-lù
- Hausa
- Ƙwarya
- Hebrew
- קלבאש
- Hindi
- लौकी
- Hungarian
- Lopótök, Butykos tök, Flaskatök, Nyakas tök, Szívótök, Sáritök
- Icelandic
- Flöskuker
- Indonesian
- Kalabas
- Irish
- Calbás
- Japanese
- ヒョウタン, ひさご, ひょうたん, ふくべ, カラバッシュ, 干瓢, 瓢箪, 瓢簞
- Javanese
- Labu air
- Kannada
- ಸೋರೆ
- Korean
- 박, 조롱박, 호리병박
- ks
- ال
- Latvian
- Pudeļķirbis, Kalebass, Lagenārija, Trauku ķirbis
- lzh
- 瓠
- Macedonian
- Лејка, Обична лејка
- mad
- Labu cèna
- Maithili
- सजमैन
- Malay
- Pokok Labu Parang
- Malayalam
- ചുരക്ക
- Manipuri
- ꯈꯣꯡꯗ꯭ꯔꯨꯝ
- Marathi
- दुधी भोपळा
- mcn
- Dùttà
- mnc
- ᡥᠣᡨᠣ, ᡥᠣᡨᠣ ᡥᡝᠩᡴᡝ
- mos
- Wamde
- mzn
- کئی قلیون
- nan
- Pû-á
- Nepali
- लौका
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Flaskegresskar
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Flaskegraskar
- nup
- Bàbò
- Persian
- درازکدو
- Polish
- Tykwa pospolita, Kalebasa
- Portuguese
- Cabaça, Abóbora-d'água, Cabaça-amargosa, Cabaça-de-trombeta, Cabaça-purunga, Cabaço-amargoso, Calabaça, Cocombro
- Quechua
- Mati
- Romanian
- Calabash
- Russian
- Лагенария обыкновенная, Бутылочная тыква, Горлянка, Горлянка обыкновенная, Лагенария змеевидная, Посудная тыква, Тыква-горлянка
- Sanskrit
- अलाबु
- sat
- ᱞᱟᱹᱣᱟ
- Serbian
- Тиква судовњача
- Serbian (Latin)
- Tikva sudovnjača
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇၼမ်ႉတဝ်ႈ, မၢၵ်ႇၼမ်ႉတဝ်ႈၶူမ်, မၢၵ်ႇၼံႉတဝ်ႈ
- Sindhi
- دوڌي
- skr
- کدو
- Slovenian
- Vodnjača, Grljanka, Kalabasa, Kalebasa, Likvica, Natega
- Sundanese
- Kukuk
- Swedish
- Flaskkurbits
- Tamil
- சுரைக்காய்
- tcy
- ತುರೆತ ಪಾಯಸ
- Telugu
- సొర కాయ, అనపకాయ
- Thai
- น้ำเต้า
- Tongan
- Fangu
- trv
- Tuyan
- Turkish
- Su kabağı
- Ukrainian
- Тиква звичайна, Горлянка звичайна, Лагенарія звичайна
- Urdu
- لوکی
- Vietnamese
- Bầu
- Wolof
- Yomb
- wuu
- 葫芦
- za
- Lwggyoh
- zza
- Kuwa awe
Synonyms
- Cucumis bicirrha Forst. ex Guill.
- Cucumis lagenarius Dumort.
- Cucumis mairei H.Lév.
- Cucurbita ciceraria Molina
- Cucurbita idolatrica Willd.
- Cucurbita idololatrica Willd.
- Cucurbita lagenaria L.
- Cucurbita lagenaria var. oblonga Blanco
- Cucurbita lagenaria var. villosa Blanco
- Cucurbita leucantha Duchesne
- Cucurbita pyriformis M.Roem.
- Cucurbita siceraria Molina
- Cucurbita vittata Blume
- Lagenaria bicornuta Chakrav.
- Lagenaria cochinchinensis M.Roem.
- Lagenaria hispida Ser.
- Lagenaria idolatrica Ser.
- Lagenaria lagenaria (L.) Cockerell
- Lagenaria leucantha Rusby
- Lagenaria leucantha var. depressa (Ser.) Makino
- Lagenaria leucantha var. makinoi Nakai
- Lagenaria leucantha var. microcarpa (Naudin) Nakai
- Lagenaria microcarpa Naudin
- Lagenaria siceraria f. depressa (Ser.) M.Hiroe
- Lagenaria siceraria var. depressa (Ser.) H.Hara
- Lagenaria siceraria var. laevisperma Millán
- Lagenaria siceraria var. microcarpa (Naudin) H.Hara
- Lagenaria siceraria var. siceraria
- Lagenaria vittata Ser.
- Lagenaria vulgaris Ser.
- Lagenaria vulgaris subsp. afrikana Kobjakova
- Lagenaria vulgaris subsp. asiatica Kobjakova
- Lagenaria vulgaris var. clavata Ser.
- Lagenaria vulgaris var. depressa Ser.
- Lagenaria vulgaris var. gourda Ser.
- Lagenaria vulgaris var. microcarpa Matsum. & Nakai
- Pepo lagenarius Moench
- Trochomeria rehmannii Cogn.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: 撮影者はカールおじさんです。, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.