Growth form: Bottle gourd "Yaqtin" is an annual climber or a vine herb.
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Lagenaria Ser.
Species: Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.
Citation in the Quran:
Yaqtin is mentioned once in the Holy Qur’an; Allah the Most Sublime Says; “And We caused a plant of gourd to grow over him” Surat As-Saaffat, verse# 146
Citation in the Hadit:
The plant is not mentioned in the Hadith .
Habitat & Distribution:
The bottle gourd (calabash) was one of the first cultivated plants in the world; it may have been carried from Africa to Asia and Europe.
