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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

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    Where is calabash located?
    Calabash is a fishing and resort town situated on the Calabash River in southwestern Brunswick County. Dubbed the "Seafood Capital of the World" by a food editor of the New York Times, the small town can boast of more seafood restaurants than any place of its size in the United States.

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    Is calabash a vegetable?
    Calabash, also known as bottle gourd, white-flowered gourd, long melon, birdhouse gourd, New Guinea bean and Tasmania bean, 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 © Provided by Getty Images.

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    When did calabash get its name?
    In 1873, the name was changed to Calabash for the drinking gourds that hung at wells in the area. The first of the restaurants that have brought the town international fame opened in the early 1940s, featuring lightly battered and deep fried shrimp, oysters, flounder, and other seafood.

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    What is calabash fruit?
    Find out more below. The ‘Calabash fruit’ also known as ‘Upo’ or the ‘Bottle Gourd’, got its name from the elongated shape it takes on once fully grown. It looks like an old bottle gourd used in ancient history by Jesuit missionaries and Spanish colonialists.

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    What is a calabash tree?
    A tree (known as the calabash tree; Crescentia cujete) native to Central and South America, the West Indies, and southern Florida, bearing large, round fruit used to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this tree. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, during the Years 1799–1804.

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    Where is calabash NC located?
    Calabash is a small fishing town in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the town was 2,011. It is known as the "Seafood Capital of the World" because of the town's seafood restaurants.

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