Crescentia

Crescentia
Crescentia cujete
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Clade: Crescentiina
Clade: Tabebuia alliance
Tribe: Crescentieae
Genus: Crescentia
L. (1753)
Species

six; see text

Synonyms
  • Cuiete Mill. (1754)
  • Daubentona Buc'hoz (1783)
  • Pteromischus Pichon (1945 publ. 1946)

Crescentia (calabash tree, huingo, krabasi, or kalebas) is a genus of six species of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and northern South America. The species are moderate-size trees growing to 10 m (35 ft) tall, and producing large spherical fruits, with a thin, hard shell and soft pulp, up to 25 cm (10 in) in diameter.

Uses

The hard shell can be used for containers, scoops, cups etc.

Species

Six species are accepted.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Crescentia L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Crescentia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Archived from the original on 2013-03-27. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
  3. 1 2 "Crescentia cujete (Huingo)". Rainforest Conservation Fund. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
  4. ↑ "Calabash Tree Fruit". Mission to Belize. Archived from the original on 2011-08-29. Retrieved 2011-09-24.