Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) has been cultivated for millennia for its diverse applications, spanning nutritional, medicinal and utilitarian uses. Genetic diversity in this species underpins its ...

Lagenaria siceraria is a vine grown for its fruit, which can either be harvested young and used as a vegetable, or harvested mature, dried, and used as a bottle, utensil, or pipe.

New Zealand: the Maori ate the young fruit in summer after baking it in earth ovens. Elsewhere (in Oceania ?), it may have been eaten only in times of famine. This site is provided to Mr. Freedman by ...