Bottle gourd |
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 | Lagenaria Sceraria Standl. |
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 | Cucurbitaceae |
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 | Bottle Gourd |
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 | Ba Nam (Northern) Mak nam (Northeastern) Nam Tao (Phu Tai) (Kanchana Diwiset et al., Compiler, 1999, p. 103) |
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 | Cultivated, annual. Long-running. Stem round or angular, light green, hairy with tendrils. Leaves shallow lobate with acute or attenuated segments, crenulated-dentate, 10-15 cm. wide, 10-20 cm. long stem, hairy, uberulous on the lower surface. Flowers monoecious, solitary, tubular, lobate, white. Fruit shape and size variable, greenish-white skin inside. Seeds flat, light to dark brown. (Kanchana Diwiset et al., Compiler, 1999, p. 103) |
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Not available. Fruit are served blanched with namphrik, stir fried with eggs and put into kaeng som. Lanna people like to use the fruit in vegetable soup with grilled fish called kaeng banam. |
Leaves: used to relieve fever, thinness, bruises, swelling, for detoxification, herpes.
Roots: stimulate bile excretion and appetite.
Seeds: Expel worms, reduce swelling with too much fluid in the body.
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 | All year round |
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Kanchana Diwiset, Compiler. (1999) Phak Phuen Ban Phak Klang. Kanchana Diwiset., Ed. Nothaburi: Project on Text Development of the Institute of Traditional Thai Medicine.(in Thai). |
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