Hubba gourd/Legends

The hubba gourd was a type of melon that grew in rock recesses on the planet of Tatooine. Although its juice was sour and difficult to digest for Humans, the hubba gourd was the main staple foodstuff of the Jawas and the Tusken Raiders, the two sentient species native to Tatooine. The name was a translation from a Jawaese phrase: "the staff of life."
==Description==
Hubba gourds were tough-skinned melons that grew in the shadows of the cliffs on Tatooine. They could be round or elongated. The fruits were normally covered with tiny, reflective crystals that protected them from excessive solar exposure. The gourd's interior was filled with tough, stringy fibers that contained a sour fluid. During their growing season, hubba gourds were colored green, and they would eventually take a yellowish hue. When ripe, the fruits also exhaled a distinctive smell.Dark Nest III: The Swarm War The seeds of the hubba gourd were pale and transparent.
The hubba gourd was prime food for Tusken Raiders and Jawas; the latter species found it particularly delicious when roasted. The word hubba itself was Jawaese for "the staff of life," indicating how important it was to that species' survival,The New Essential Guide to Alien Species and their efficient digestive systems drew all the nutrients they needed from it. Despite often finding the gourd hard to digest and bitter, other species could also consume it, including Humans, Geranites, and Askajians. Hubba juice, hubba bread, and hubba chips could be made from hubba gourds.
==History==
Momaw Nadon, an Ithorian resident of Tatooine, was at one time working on a hybrid hubba gourd.
Wimateeka, a Jawa leader of the Nkik clan, once contracted a number of hunters to eliminate wild animals that were attacking his clan's supply of hubba gourds. on Tatooine
==Appearances==
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*Star Wars (1998) 11 
*Kenobi 
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*Tatooine Ghost
*Junior Jedi Knights: Promises
*Dark Nest III: The Swarm War 
*Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse 
==Sources==
*The Illustrated Star Wars Universe
*Star Wars Encyclopedia
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*The New Essential Guide to Alien Species
*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
==Notes and references==
Category:Gourds
Category:Jawa culture
Category:Melons
Category:Plants of Tatooine
Category:Tatooinian food
Category:Tusken Raider culture