Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Cucurbita lagenaria L., Cucurbita lagenaria W., Cucurbita siceraria Molina, Lagenaria leucantha Rusby, Lagenaria siceraria Standl., Lagenaria vulgaris Ser.

Common names:

Bottle gourd (1818-Present) (10, 50, 107, 121)

Calabash (1818-1886) (7, 10, 19, 110)

Calabash gourd (1876?-1942) (92, 138, 155)

Cameraria (16th century, Europe) (110)

Common bottle gourd (1876) (92)

Dipper gourd (1919) (37)

Dolma (1919, Turkey) (107)

Gourd (1828-1886, Pilgrim's gourd, long-necked gourd, trumpet gourd, and snuff-box gourd are varieties) (7, 19, 92, 110)

Ini-ie (1918?-1970?, Osage) (121)

Peh'e (1919, Omaha-Ponca) (37)

Taquera (1658, Piso, possibly this species) (110)

Trumpet gourd (1919) (107)

Ulavou (1886, Sanskrit, several varieties were recognized in Sanskrit: Kutou-toumbi (bitter gourd) and tilktaka or tiktika) (110)

Wagmuha (1918?-1970?, Lakota) (121)

Wamnuha or wakmu (1919, Dakota) (37)

White-flower gourd [White-flowered gourd] (1949) (109)