Other Names : Lagenaria siceraria, Bottle gourd, Calabash gourd, flowered gourd, white flowered gourd
Calabash is related to the [[pumpkin]]. But it's not a real pumpkin.<br>
See also : *[[Kanpyō]]*[[Lauki juice]]
==Special Precautions of Calabash==
Like other members of the family Cucurbitaceae, gourds contain cucurbitacins that are known to be cytotoxic at a high concentration. The tetracyclic triterpenoid cucurbitacins present in fruits and vegetables of the cucumber family are responsible for the bitter taste, and could cause stomach ulcers. In extreme cases, people have died from drinking the juice of gourds.The toxic cases are usually due to the gourd being used to make juice, which the drinkers described as being unusually bitter. In three of the lethal cases, the victims were diabetics in their 50s and 60s.In 2018, a healthy woman in her 40s was hospitalized for severe reactions after consuming the juice and died three days later from complications.