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Lagenaria siceraria
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Image details:
| Species id: | 157380 |
| Image id: | 8 |
| Image number: | 39383 |
| Photographer: | DM Robertson | Code 1 if image of a herbarium specimen: | 0 |
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| Code 1 if image not to be displayed: | 0 |
| Image notes: | Sectioned gourds |
Record details:
| Record id: | 116066 |
| Date: | 15 Jan 2022 |
| Recorder(s): | EF Robertson DM Robertson |
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| Determiner: | EF Robertson DM Robertson |
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| Habitat: | Vegetable garden, sandy soil derived from granite, but containing much organic matter supplied by manure and compost. |
| Location: | Bulalima-Mangwe District. |
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| Planted code: | Definitely planted |
| Country: | Zimbabwe |
| Quarter Degree Square: | 2028C1 |
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| FZ Division: | W |
| Altitude (metres): | 1300 |
| Notes: | Cultivated for large edible gourds that are cooked when mature, but still green. Creamy in texture with a distinctive slightly smoky flavour. |
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| Location accuracy code: | 0 |
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