The gourd (scientific name: Lagenaria siceraria) is a plant belonging to the cucurbit family Cucurbitaceae, which is a climbing plant whose fruit is also known as a gourd. The fruits of the gourd can be harvested and eaten as a vegetable when immature, or harvested and processed into containers or pipes when ripe. Fresh gourds have tender green skin and white flesh.

Lagenaria is an annual herbaceous plant, the fruit is larger than the gourd, the taste is bitter and inedible, commonly known as bitter gourd, split in half to make a water scoop. The fruit of this plant is commonly known as "lady gourd". Also known as lagenaria. In ancient times, people used it as a wine vessel when getting married. When the fruit is ripe, the shell is split in half and the flesh is removed to make a ladle. From the dictionary can be found, the dipper originally referred to the Lagenaria bottle gourd split in half made of scooping utensils, known as gourd dipper, and later also made of wood or metal, now this kind of utensils collectively referred to as the dipper. Because its use is getting smaller and smaller, people have rarely planted this kind of dipper gourd. Although its use as a dipper has not been great, but its new use is found, people have tried to use it to make handicrafts, in the future people will certainly find a variety of exquisite handicrafts made with it, maybe there will be a piece in your home.