GRIN Nomen number: 21385
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Common Name: acocote (Spanish), bag (Transcribed Korean), bottle gourd (English), cabaco (Portuguese), cajombre (Spanish), calabash (English), calabash gourd (English), calabaza (Spanish), calebassier (French), dudhi (India), Flaschenkürbis (German), gewöhnlicher Flaschenkürbis (German), gourde bouteille (French), guiro amargo (Spanish), hu lu (Transcribed Chinese), ipu (Hawaiian), upu (Hawaiian), white-flower gourd (English), white-flowered gourd (English).
Native: AFRICA - South Tropical Africa: Zimbabwe; origin paleotropics.
Naturalized: widely naturalized in tropics.
Field Infestation: Liquido et al. 1994: From July 1990 to October 1992, a total of 3 fruits (1.99 kg) was collected on Hawaii Island. B. latifrons was recovered from 1 of 2 collections (50%) with overall infestation rate of 1.00 B. latifrons per kg of fruit collected.
Lagenaria vulgaris Ser., see Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.