• KAU Local: High yielding variety released from the Kerala Agricultural University. Fruits are oblong, and medium sized.
• Indu: High yielding variety with good flesh thickness released from the Kerala Agricultural University. Yield potential is 24.5 t/ha. Mean fruit weight is 4.82 kg.
• Thara: It is a variety developed from RARS Pattambi. The fruit size is 1.22 kg. The average yeild is 22/ha. The variety is recommended for homesteads and commercial cultivation

Apart from the regular variety, an extra small fruited type, known as Vaidyakumbalam, is also grown for medicinal purpose. This medicinal ash gourd is morphologically different from the common vegetable type in fruit size, rind thickness and shelf life.