SC - Pumpkins in Period?

[Decker, Terry D.]

I think it might be more correct to say most are members of the genus
Lagenaria and many are varieties of Lagenaria siceraria (bottle gourds).

The bitter gourd or balsam pear (Momordica charantia) was known and eaten in
period and I don't believe it is a member of the family Cucurbitacaea.

Bear

> True. But as far as can be determined, I believe this list came to
> conclusion that all gourds in period were varietals of the same plant,
> only in different shapes and sizes...
> 
> Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka Jennifer Heise