Editing Calabash (section)

==== Vietnam ====
In [[Vietnamese cuisine|Vietnam]], it is a very popular vegetable, commonly cooked in soup with shrimp, meatballs, clams, various fish like [[Airbreathing catfish|freshwater catfish]] or [[Snakehead (fish)|snakehead]] fish or crab. It is also commonly stir-fried with meat or seafood, or incorporated as an ingredient of a [[hotpot]]. It is also used as a medicine. Americans have called calabashes from Vietnam "opo squash".

The [[Shoot (botany)|shoot]]s, [[tendril]]s, and [[leaf|leaves]] of the plant may also be eaten as [[leaf vegetable|greens]].