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Lagenaria siceraria

UH Manoa, Oahu

BOTTLE or CALABASH GOURD, LONG SQUASH   IPU    HYOTAN

Vine cultivated for large fruit harvested young as vegetable or allowed to ripen into hard-shelled gourd made into calabashes & musical implements.  One of the earliest plants known to be in cultivation throughout the world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabash