Calabaza
![Calabaza vine](/Images/godic/202501/02/Calabasa_vine3227.jpg")
![A quesadilla made with flor de calabaza, Oaxaca cheese and epazote](/Images/godic/202501/02/Empanada_flor_de_Calabaza3227.jpg")
![The Filipino dish ginataang kalabasa at sitaw (calabaza and string beans in coconut milk)](/Images/godic/202501/02/Kalabasajf3227.JPG")
- See Calabasas for the city in California
Calabaza (West Indian pumpkin) is "a large winter squash (Cucurbita moschata) that resembles a pumpkin and is typically grown in the West Indies and tropical America." The term is also used loosely for a variety of gourds from Africa, the Americas, and the Caribbean.