Gourds are edible, about like a squash.
It depends on the kind of gourd. Some are edible, some aren't.
There are many types of edible gourds. Names of them include squash (and several various varieties of it) and Fairytale Pumpkin.
Most gourds that I am familiar with are from a different genus - Lagenaria. In that case they will not cross with each other. Some decorative gourds are in the genus Cucurbita and will cross. The result may then not be very edible if the gourd dominates. You will get a mixture. If they are edible, it would be when the fruit are very small.
An edible gourd, the flesh of which may be cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
A bitter gourd is another term for a bitter melon, a vine, Mmordica charantia, which produces a bitter, edible fruit, or a similar fruit-bearing vine, Citrulius lanatus.
Any plant that is toxic is inedible. See the Related Link below for a list of toxic plants.
A baobab is a tree, Latin name Adansonia digitala, which is native to tropical Africa and has a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.
Gourd
1. Bottle gourd 2. Snake gourd 3. Pointed gourd 4. Teasel gourd 5. Bitter gourd
Are you out of your gourd? Will you be so kind as to pass me the red gourd, please? A gourd makes a terrible football.
A gourd is made out of a hollowed out plant, aptly named 'a gourd.'
Jonathan Gourd's birth name is Jonathan Gourd.