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    • Calabash , also known as bottle gourd, white-flowered gourd, long melon, birdhouse gourd, New Guinea bean, New Guinea butter bean, Tasmania bean, and opo squash, is a vine grown for its fruit. It can be either harvested young to be consumed as a vegetable, or harvested mature to be dried and used as a utensil, container, or a musical instrument. Whe… See more

    Etymology

    The English word calabash is loaned from Middle French: calebasse, which in turn derived from Spanish: calabaza meaning gourd or pumpkin. The Spanish word is of pre-Roman origin. It comes from the Iberian: calapaccu, … See more

    History

    The bottle gourd has been recovered from archaeological contexts in China and Japan dating to c. 8,000–9,000 BP, whereas in Africa, despite decades of high-quality archaeobotanical research, the earliest record of it… See more

    Cultivation

    Bottle gourds are grown by direct sowing of seeds or transplanting 15- to 20-day-old seedlings. The plant prefers well-drained, moist, organic rich soil. It requires plenty of moisture in the growing season and a warm, sunn… See more

    What kind of fruit is calabash?
    Calabash (/ ˈkæləbæʃ /; [ 2 ]Lagenaria siceraria), also known as bottle gourd, [ 3 ]white-flowered gourd, [ 4 ]long melon, birdhouse gourd, [ 5 ]New Guinea bean, New Guinea butter bean, Tasmania bean, [ 6 ] and opo squash, is a vine grown for its fruit.
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