ORGANIC VEGETABLES
of Malaysia and Thailand


Photo: CS Ooi, Ko Mi Market, Hatyai, Thailand. 07.06.2003 Click on image to enlarge

Malay Name (Nama Melayu) Labu air cina
Family (Keluarga) Cucubitaceae
Scientific Name (Nama Saintifik) Lagenaria (Cucurbita) pepo
Size (Saiz Biasa) 15 cm
Other Names (Nama Lain) Chinese bottle gourd
  Thai Name (Nama Thai) Narm tao cheen
  Chinese Name (Nama Cina) C Hu lu
Photo (Foto) CS Ooi


Short Notes (Nota Ringkas)


Annual herbacious climbing plants. The fruits are shaped like a bottle, and is a vegetable crop of agricultural value.

References (Rujukan)


      Buku (Books)

1.       Gardening in the Tropics; M Greensill; (1967); Evans Bros. Ltd.; Britain
            - mukasurat (page) 54 90
2.       Grow Your Own Vegetable, Agricultural Leaflet 38; (1959);
            Ministry of Agriculture, Malaysia - mukasurat (page) 10
3.       Tropica; Alfred Byrd Graf; (1978, 1981); Roehrs Company; USA
            - mukasurat (page)

Inquiries    (Pertanyaan)
KLINTIENDHARM (THAN HSIANG) FOUNDATION
Soi Central Park,
Hatyai, Thailand

September 2003