Gourd or Lauki grows on the vine: Vegetables of Uttarakhand

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Gourd grows in midst of green environment at vegetable garden of Uttarakhand, India. The calabash, bottle gourd, or white flowered gourd, Lagenaria siceraria also known by many other names that include: opo squash, long melon, suzza melon, New Guinea bean and Tasmania bean 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. The fresh fruit has a light green smooth skin and a white flesh. Gourds were cultivated in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas for thousands of years before Columbus' discovery of America. Source : Wiki This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asi