Where could I find bottle gourds on the Web, specifically the double-bellied type?

Question

These have like two wide bellies, separated by a thinner portion. I've seen them in New Mexico and Arizona. Unfortunately I don't know their scientific description (genus, variety, etc).

Answer 1

Lagenaria is a genus of gourd bearing vines from the Cucurbitaceae family. It contains at least seven species, one of which is known as the Calabash (Lagenaria siceraria). Its species fruit can either be harvested young and used as a vegetable or harvested mature, dried, and used as a bottle or utensil.

The so called calabash gourd or vine is named after the calabash tree first discovered in the Caribbean as the tree called Crescentia cujete L. This is true calabash.

The 'calabashes' made from bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria.

The calabash (not to be confused with the calabaza) is a vine grown for its fruit, which can either be harvested young and used as a vegetable or harvested mature, dried, and used as a bottle, utensil, or pipe.

For this reason, one of the calabash subspecies is known as the bottle gourd.

The fresh fruit has a light green smooth skin and a white flesh.

The calabash was one of the first cultivated plants in the world, grown not for food but as a container.

Its name is --Genus: Lagenaria

Species: L. siceraria

The classification is ----Scientific classification

Kingdom: Plantae As it is a plant.

Division: Magnoliophyta , as it is a flowering plant

Class: Magnoliopsida , as it is a dicot plant

Order: Cucurbitales-- all are vines with climbing organ called tendrils

Family: Cucurbitaceae-- all cucurbits , cucumbers , watermelon , squash come here also the gourds of all kinds.

Genus: Lagenaria ( Bottle gourd)

Species: L. siceraria


Binomial name
Lagenaria siceraria



Click the links for photos--
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Courge_encore_verte.jpg

http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/articles_MM/A016z_Lage-sice_Vien_GM1_TXa.jpg

http://www.gourdsfromthegarden.net/images/med_bottle_gourd_for_oil_lamp.jpg

Answer 2

I would find bottle gourds

1. on eBay. A quick scan of the current auctions shows gourds of various sizes beings listed today.
2. by growing my own from seeds you can buy on eBay or commercially