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Calabash (/ˈkæləbæʃ/; Lagenaria siceraria), also known as bottle gourd, white-flowered gourd, long melon, birdhouse gourd, New Guinea bean, New Guinea butter bean, Tasmania bean, zucca melon and opo squash, is a vine which is grown for its fruit. It belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae, is native to tropical Africa, and cultivated across the tropics.
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lagenaria gourd used also bottle gourds called ser siceraria made dried africa one grown fruit var like may cucurbita cultivated
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| in a pot | instance of | It can be cultivated in small places | 0.80 | text |
| and allowed to spread on a trellis or roof | instance of | It can be cultivated in small places | 0.80 | text |
| Calabash | related to Africa | Hollowed-out | 0.60 | section |
| Calabash | related to Africa | West Africa | 0.60 | section |
| Calabash | related to Africa | They | 0.60 | section |
| Calabash | related to Africa | Smaller | 0.60 | section |
| Calabash | related to Africa | Calabashes | 0.60 | section |
| Calabash | related to Africa | West African | 0.60 | section |
| Calabash | related to Africa | Yoruba | 0.60 | section |
| Calabash | related to Africa | Gamba | 0.60 | section |
| Calabash | related to Africa | Serer | 0.60 | section |
| Calabash | related to Africa | Senegambia | 0.60 | section |
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