1. Bottle Gourd is native to
Africa.
2. One of the first
cultivated plants in the world, the initial use was not as a food but as a container
to hold water!
3. Bottle gourd contains cucurbitacins that are known to be cytotoxic at a high concentration.
4. A variety of bottle gourd
is used as the resonator in the making of stringed Indian musical instruments
like the Sitar and the Veena.
5. In Nigeria, round bottle
gourds (called calabashes) have been used to avoid a law requiring the wearing
of a helmet on a motorcycle.
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