Crescentia cujete

Crescentia cujete
This article is about the tree. For the vine and its fruit, see calabash. For other uses of calabash, see Calabash (disambiguation).
Crescentia cujete
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Genus: Crescentia
Species: C. cujete
Binomial name
Crescentia cujete

Crescentia cujete, commonly known as the Calabash Tree, is species of flowering plant that is native to Central and South America. It is a dicotyledonous plant with tripinnate leaves. It is naturalized in India.[1]

It is also known as Ayale (English), Calabacero (Spain), Totumo (Panama and Venezuela), Cujete (Spain, Philippines), Miracle Fruit (Philippines).

The tree shares its common name with that of the vine calabash (Lagenaria siceraria).

References

  1. ^ Pharmacographia Indica page 40 [1]

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