Carolina Gourds &Seeds

Gourd Type Identification Chart

Cultivars
Cucurbita Lagenaria Luffa
Bicolor Pear Short Handle Dipper Luffa
White Pear Long Handle Dipper Mini Luffa
Orange Balls Extra Long Handle Dipper 
Turk's Turban Apache Dipper
Crown of Thorns Calabash (Penguin)
White Egg Caveman's Club 
Short Handle Spoon CannonBall
Flat Striped Basketball
Warty Bushel
Apple(ornamental) Penguin 
  Martin
  Canteen
  Club
  Snake
  Kettle
  Apple (hardshell)
  Long gourd
  Banana
  Indonesian Bottle
  Small Chinese Bottle
  Miniature Chinese Bottle
  Miniature Bottle
  Goose
  Lump-In-Neck
  African Wine Kettle

           Types of Gourds

           (Gourds get their names from their traditional uses or their shape).

  •      Hardshell Gourds

  •       Lagenaria siceraria.

  •     Ornamental Gourds

  •      Cucurbita pepo variety ovifera.

  •     Luffa Gourds

  •      L. acutangula
  •        .aegyptica

    • U.S. growers may use familiar names for similar gourds grown in different  countries. We can have....

     
  • Mexican bottles
  • Indonesian bottles
  • Japanese bottles
  • Chinese bottles
  • and more....













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