Editing Calabash (section)

== Other uses ==
=== Tobacco smoking pipe ===
{{See also|Smoking pipe (tobacco)#Calabash}}
The gourd can be dried and used to smoke pipe [[tobacco]]. According to American consular reports from the early 20th century calabash pipes were commonly used in South Africa. Calabash was said to bestow a "special softness" of flavor that could not be duplicated by other materials. The lining was made of [[meerschaum]], though [[tin]] was used for low-grade models.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6yYoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA423|title=Daily Consular and Trade Reports|year=1906}}</ref> A typical design yielded by this squash is recognized (theatrically) as the pipe of [[Sherlock Holmes]], but the inventor of this character, [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]], never mentioned Holmes using a calabash pipe. It was the preferred pipe for stage actors portraying Holmes, because they could balance this pipe better than other styles while delivering their lines.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

=== Enema equipment ===
The gourd is used traditionally to administer [[enema]]s. Along the upper Congo River an enema apparatus is made by making a hole in one end of the gourd for filling it, and using a resin to attach a hollow cane to the gourd's neck.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The History of the Enema with Some Notes on Related Procedures (Part I)|author=[[Julius Friedenwald]] and Samuel Morrison|date=January 1940|journal=Bulletin of the History of Medicine|volume=8|issue=1|pages=75–76|jstor=44442727}}</ref>