Scientifically bottle gourd is known as Lagenaria siceraria belonging to the cucumber family. This creeping plant is also known as calabash. This non-food plant is grown in Uganda mainly for cultural ...

Growing bottle gourd (lauki) in a balcony garden is an easy and rewarding means of having fresh, healthy vegetables at home, even in small urban areas. If proper planting, sunlight, watering, and pest ...

Ornamental gourds are the colorful stars of autumn. With their extraordinary shapes and vibrant colors, they create a fall ...

Bottle gourd, also known as Dudhi, is a member of the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae, and is native to Africa and Asia. It is a vine plant that produces elongated, bottle-shaped fruits. The fruits vary ...

The calabash (Legenaria siceraria) is a very handy fruit used by numerous cultures from around the world. However, scientists have always wondered how the calabash spread from its initial home in ...

This is the season when autumnal displays surround us. Decorative gourds seem to appear overnight, as if beamed down from an alien spacecraft: striped, speckled, warted, and winged. Bright bursts of ...