Gourds are ready to be harvested when the stems dry and turn brown. While smaller cucurbita gourds may mature after 90 days, some larger lagenaria and luffa gourd varieties require 120 to 180 days ...

"When we compared one of the gourd species that exhibits very high diversity of shapes, sizes, colors, and textures (Cucurbita maxima) to a species that does not (Cucurbita argyrosperma), the ...

Gourds and squash can be broken down even further to the genus Cucurbita. The nutrient-rich category of crops covers ...

The main plants referred to as gourds include several species from the Cucurbita genus that are mostly North American natives like the Malabar gourd and Turban squash, Crescentia cujete or the ...

Gourds are generally inedible, hard-shelled, and fibrous. Some, like the cucurbita-type, come in a variety of sizes, colors, and shapes. If they dry out completely without getting moldy ...

These pumpkins typically fall under the genus Cucurbita and include pumpkins, gourds, and squashes. According to the study, these domestic pumpkins co-adapted to the environment along with our early ...

Botanically, they are Cucurbita pepo, the same genus and species as regular pumpkins and edible winter squash. A separate genus and species, Lagenaria siceraria, produces calabash gourds used as ...

According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, squash, (genus Cucurbita), is a genus of flowering plants in the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), many of which are widely cultivated as vegetables ...