Squash identification help please?

The seeds are small and plump like a small melon's and I looked up Cucumis melo, but couldn't find an image that matched.

I identified it at the local store just described as a long guord, and it might be a hybrid, but I want to give it a try

Here is the item at the store, and my cut up shrivlied one (my way to get good seeds for planting food store mystery vegetables) That store sells a good variety of African and Jamaican items, (really fresh okra!) plus lots of other delightful stuff like fennel and red chard! It helped justify my trip to town for gasoline!

The inside is pithy not slimy like a cucumber or ripe melon.

I wonder if it's a type of calabash...



According to this link it's also known as opo squash or bottle gourd.

Burra! That's amazing! Thank you so much! It really does look like the image shown from the Phillipines, and being native to Africa, makes perfect sense!

Have some wonderful Permies "phoenix" pie on me (a renewable resource)!!

Excerpt from wikipedia:
"Calabash (/ˈkæləbæʃ/;[2] Lagenaria siceraria), also known as bottle gourd,[3] white-flowered gourd,[4] long melon, birdhouse gourd,[5] New Guinea bean, New Guinea butter bean, Tasmania bean,[6] zucca melon and opo squash, is a vine which is grown for its fruit. It belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae, is native to tropical Africa, and cultivated across the tropics.[1] It can be either harvested young to be consumed as a vegetable, or harvested mature to be dried and used as a kitchen utensil (typically as a ladle or bowl), beverage container or a musical instrument. When it is fresh, the fruit has a light green smooth skin and white flesh."