Etrange Fruit

I saw these from across the yard...and you can imagine my surprise when I found the little red guys frisking around. A few hours later I was told that they are called Calaba, and then I got confused, 'cause i thought calaba(sh) were like gourds...thank goodness for online dictionaries:

cal•a•bash

Pronunciation: (kal'u-bash"), [key]
—n.
1. any of various gourds, esp. the bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria.
2. a tropical American tree, Crescentia cujete, of the bignonia family, bearing large, gourdlike fruit.
3. any of several other plants having gourdlike fruit.
4. the fruit of any of these plants.
5. the dried, hollowed-out shell of any of these fruits, used as a container or utensil.
6. a bottle, kettle, ladle, etc., made from such a shell.
7. a tobacco pipe with a large bowl made from a calabash and usually having a curved stem.
8. a gourd used as a rattle, drum, etc.

I believe what we have here is #2.