Review of Research Situation of Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.

Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Var.hispisa (Thund.) Hara is an annual creeping herb of the family Cucurbitaceae. It has high nutritional value and medicinal value, and it is a high-quality vegetable with low sugar and many kinds of vitamins. This paper introduced the current research situation of L. siceraria (Molina) Standl.from medicinal value, cultivation management technology and processing technology. Besides, it discussed main points of future researches on the basis of existing research, to promote the development of L. siceraria (Molina) Standl.