bottle gourd
calabash
Lagenaria siceraria

The bottle gourd could have also come to the Americas by floating, or possibly as a seed in the droppings of a bird.

Pikimachay yielded some of the oldest plant remains in Peru, including a 11,000 year old bottle gourd.

The pungi is traditionally made from a dried bottle gourd.

Another important member of the squash family is the bottle gourd.

For this reason, the calabash is widely known as the bottle gourd.

It is supposed that bottle gourds were carried by new peoples in boats or on foot across a possible land bridge between Asia and America.

The juice of bottle gourd is considered to have medicinal properties and to be very good for health.

For greater mass and covering power, consider the bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria).

The instrument's sound box is made from a bottle gourd, which is covered on the playing end with snake skin.

All those who grow bottle gourds should make sure they go out to their patches at night.