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Calabash (bottle gourd or birdhouse gourd)

Lagenaria siceraria

Photo by ashmae974
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Field Notes

Notes:

This gourd is widely known for being used to carry liquids but can also be harvested at a younger age to be eaten. The uses of this gourd are endless. It is believed to come from Southern Africa but has spread to many country's.

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Comments (2)

I haven't seen these is a long time. My grandmother used to grow them near Ocala. Some were cut into water dippers and others we turned into bird houses. Neat spotting.
interesting spotting Ashmae974,congrats thanks for sharing and welcome to Project Noah :-) I hope you like the site us much we do,there are many features you can explore,first you should read the http://www.projectnoah.org/faq where you have all the "rules" of Project Noah :-) You have also a blog http://blog.projectnoah.org/ where we post articles from our best specialists in the diferents areas and also storys of wildlife "adventures" from our most knowened users. There are also the chats for elp in the id process and to comment your's and other's spottings. Attention when join local missions http://www.projectnoah.org/missions they have a range that is in the mission map,see first that before join.you only can submit spotting in a mission if the photos where taken inside the mission range. Enjoy your self,see you arround :-)
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2013

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