You know what? There is a heck of a lot to know about gourds. Here’s a collection of links to interesting information about gourds.

Oceanic Drift of Gourds – Experimental Observations. (1954). As in floating long distances over the sea.

Bees are Essential: Pollination of Gourds, Squashes and Pumkins. (1964). Where would we be without bees?

Maori Gourds: An American Connection? (1999). How could that possibly be?

Do Cucurbita pepo Gourds Float Fishnets? (2004). As a matter of fact…

Evolution and loss of long-fringed petals: a case study using a dated phylogeny of the snake gourds, Trichosanthes (Cucurbitaceae). (2012). Snake gourds are good for making rainsticks.

Transoceanic drift and the domestication of African bottle gourds in the Americas. (2014). The bottle gourd is probably the gourd most used for drum making.

Gourds: Bitter, Bottle, Wax, Snake, Sponge and Ridge. (2016). Detailed descriptions of gourds of southern and southeastern Asia.

Substitution of fat with various types of squashes and gourds in the Cucurbitaceae family in the production of low-fat buffalo meat patties. (2021). According to this research, chayote squash is the way to go.

Nutritional and Medicinal Potential of Bottle Gourd (Lageneria siceraria): A Mini Review. (2022). Hadn’t really thought about eating one.

Cultivation of Indigenous Vegetables in Containers Through Roof Based Gardening. (2022). Including several varieties of gourds.

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