全省已收集丝瓜地方品种材料43份,我们于1987年对其植物学性状和农业生物学特性进行了初步观察,并对其自然分布规律作了一些探索。1 品种类型及分布 丝瓜有普通丝瓜和有棱丝瓜两个栽培种。据观察,湖南丝瓜地方品种绝大多数为普通丝瓜类型,占总品种数的88.4%。有棱丝瓜仅5份,有9 The province has collected 43 varieties of local loofah material, we conducted a preliminary observation of its botanical traits and agricultural biological characteristics in 1987, and made some exploration of its natural distribution. A variety of types and distribution loofah loofah and there is a common gourd two cultivated species. It is observed that the vast majority of local loofah varieties of common loofah type, accounting for 88.4% of the total species. Groom loofah only 5 copies, 9