Bottle gourd ( लौकी )

Bottle gourd is an excellent vegetable gifted by nature to humans, containing all of the essential constituents required for good health and a high quality of life. Lagenaria siceraria (Cucurbitaceae), popularly known as bottle gourd, lauki or ghiya, is a climbing plant, which bears hard-shelled and bottle-shaped gourds as fruits. It makes an excellent diet because it is high in vitamins, iron, and minerals. The fruit is said to contain triterepenoide cucurbitacins B, D, G, and H, as well as two sterols, fucosterol and campesterol, as well as aerpene byonolic acid, flavone-C glycosides, and lagenin.