By the way, the officially longest gourd in the world was a ‘luffa’ (also ‘loofah’) or ‘sponge gourd’ (Luffa aegyptiaca; syn. L. cylindrica) grown in China in 2008 which measured 4.55 m. Imagine how ...

Starting at the outermost point — typically displayed as a gourd — players take turns moving their counter forward one or several steps as determined by the roll of a dice or spin of a dreidel.

In green stage, the vegetables and leaves with stem are used as a vegetable. Hard shell of the Bottle Gourd is used for different purposes. It is one of the world’s first cultivated plants and it is ...