Garden Gourds

Most commonly, Garden Gourds are the product of the species Lagenaria siceraria that is a plant of the family Cucurbitaceae, or a name given to the hollow, dried shell of a fruit in the Cucurbitaceae family of plants of the genus Lagenaria.

The Generally, gourds are used more for utilitarian uses than for food like Gourd Crafting, Gourd carving. Only a few varieties are actually harvested for consumption, mostly in Asia. The shell of the gourd, when dried, has a wooden appearance. Gourd "wood" is essentially cellulose that has no grain, varying in thickness from paper-thin to well over an inch. Drying gourds, which takes months in some cases, causes the internal contents to dry out completely, although seeds are often still capable of germination.

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