There are two common types of squash - summer and winter - which are members of the Cucurbitaceae family along with pumpkins and gourds. This family contains over 100 genera and over 700 species ...

In the garden around the house of Dona ("Mistress") Lélia and her husband, Senhor ("Mister") Antônio, there are different types of gourd trees (Crescentia cujete), which produce round or oval ...

[1] For most people, gourds are for eating, not for making music. In Chinese music, gourds fall into one of the eight categories of instruments and produce some of the most essential sounds in a ...