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calebasse
calabash
Lagenaria siceraria Also known as a bottle gourd or pilgrim’s water bottle, this vine may have come out of Africa originally but was grown all over the world in ancient times, for food (when young) and to use as a container (when old and dried).
Text © Dana Facaros
Image by Hyunjung Kim