Bottle gourd-Alok

Alok is a bottle gourd, or type of Lageneria siceraria. It is also known as bottle squash, calabash gourd, Doodhi, or Lowki is a delicious vegetable that has many uses. Its delicate nutty flavor adds greatly to hot curries as well as cooling yogurt dishes like Raita. It can be used like squash but it has a firmer, crisper texture. Alok is a light green variety, with uniform straight tender fruits, 1 to 1.5 ft long. 

Latin Name: Lageneria siceraria

Planting Guidance: Plant several seeds together in mounds to 3' apart if growing on supports, but to 4-6' apart if growing along the ground. Thin later. This vine needs a long growing season for production of quality mature fruit, so seed may be started indoors in peat pots several weeks prior to last spring frost date.

Approx. Seed Count:

• Retail Packet: 10-15 Seeds

Seed Treatment

Untreated

Genetics

Hybrid

Hindi Name: Doodhi,lauki,ghiya

Marathi Name: Dudhi

Gujrati Name: Dudhi દુઘી

Kannada Name: sorE kaayi ಸೋರೆಕಾಯಿ

Telugu Name: Aanapakaya, Sorakaya

Tamil Name: Suraikai

Bengali Name: Lau

Malayalam Name: Charanga,churaykka