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Calabash Tree

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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A native of the West Indies and South America, known botanically as Crescentia Cujete (natural order, Bignoniaceae). The fruit resembles a gourd, and has a woody rind, which after removal of the pulp forms a calabash.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Calabash Tree'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​c/calabash-tree.html. 1910.
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