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Lagenaria siceraria Also known as a bottle gourd or pilgrim’s water bottle, this vine may have originated in Africa, but was grown all over the world in ancient times, for food (when young) and to use as a container (when old and dried).
Pilgrims would strap one to their belt as a water bottle.
Text © Dana Facaros
Images by Hyunjung Kim, Petr Kratochvil,PD art