Vegetable Seeds
Bottle Gourd seed
Early long cylindrical fruit, 40 to 50 cm
About our bottle gourd programme
Early-maturing F1 bottle gourd bearing long, light green cylindrical fruit from 60 days after sowing. Two commercial hybrids cover the 900 g–1.2 kg and 1.2–1.5 kg fruit weight bands, and both can be planted round the year outside severe winter.
At a glance
- Segment
- Vegetable Seeds
- Planting season
- Round the year, except severe winter
- Duration range
- First harvest 60–65 days after sowing … First harvest 60–65 days after sowing
Commercial varieties2

F1 Hybrid Bottle Gourd
Aruna
First harvest 60–65 days after sowing
Early maturing hybrid bearing long cylindrical fruit.

F1 Hybrid Bottle Gourd
Priya
First harvest 60–65 days after sowing
Early maturing hybrid bearing long cylindrical to bottle-shaped fruit.
Breeding pipeline
In research1
Lines carrying MLB breeding codes, currently under multi-location evaluation and not yet commercially released.
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