Calabash: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Calabash in English is the name of a plant defined with Crescentia cujete in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Crescentia cujete var. puberula Bureau & K. Schum. (among others).
2) Calabash is also identified with Lagenaria siceraria It has the synonym Cucurbita leucantha Duchesne (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· International Organization of Plant Biosystematists Newsletter (1997)
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (1818)
· Ceylon J. Sci., Biol. Sci. (1995)
· Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club (1896)
· Fl. Neotrop. (1980)
· Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d’Histoire Naturelle de Genève (1825)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Calabash, for example side effects, health benefits, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Calabash cucumber, Calabash gourd, Calabash nutmeg, Calabash tree.
Ends with: American calabash, Round calabash, Tree calabash, Wild calabash.
Full-text (+20): Wild calabash, Round calabash, American calabash, Calabash nutmeg, Calabash gourd, Calabash tree, Common calabash tree, Tree calabash, Alabu, Calabash cucumber, Tumbakataha, Kinnarikayi, Tumpalai, Mutticcurai, Doddasore, Untaiccurai, Purkoti, Gayiballi, Ikshvaku, Kinnaraccurai.
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Search found 2 books and stories containing Calabash; (plurals include: Calabashes). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)
Chapter 3 - Country of Poh-luh-kia (Baluka or Aksu) < [Book I - Thirty-Four Countries]
Chapter 22 - Country of Kiu-sa-ta-na (Khotan) < [Book XII - Twenty-two Countries]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)