In India, it is an important vegetable crop. In green stage, the vegetables and leaves with stem are used as a vegetable. Hard shell of the Bottle Gourd is used for different purposes. It is one of ...

Like other gourds, the snake gourd is a member of the pumpkin family (Cucurbitaceae) and has seeds similar to its cousin the water melon (Citrullus lanatus), although slightly more eccentric, sporting ...

Ridge gourd or Chinese okra is a popular vegetable that is eaten around Asia. The vegetable seems to get its moniker due to the ridges on it. Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Orissa are some of the ...

I remember my high school horticulture class studying houseplants. My teacher had about 20 different plants for the class to learn about and be able to identify. The first day that the plants were ...