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Crescentia cujete L.

Calabash (Virgin Isl.); Calabash tree; Calabash-tree

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English Calabash (Virgin Isl.); Calabash tree; Calabash-tree
Français Calebasse; Calebasse marron; Calebassier; Calebassier (Lesser Antilles); Petite calebasse des bois; Petite cerise;
Español Guira; Guira cimarrona; Guira comun; Guira de vaca; Guira jia; Guira larga; Guira redonda; Guiro; Higuera; Higuere; Higuero; Higuero (Puerto Rico); Higuero galion; Jiguero (Dominican Republic); Totuma [Tsucuba]
Other names

Further information

COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

States and Territories Bahamas; Cayman Isl.; Cuba; Hispaniola; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (Guana, Jost van Dyke, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Anguilla; Antigua; Barbados; Barbuda; Dominica; Grenada; Grenadines; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Montserrat; Nevis; Saba; St. Barthélémy; St. Eustatius; St. Kitts; Saint Lucia; St. Martin/St. Maarten; St. Vincent; Aruba; Bonaire; Curaçao; Isla Margarita; USA [I] (Florida [I]); Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; Honduras; Belize; El Salvador; Nicaragua; Panama; Costa Rica; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Casanare, Cesar, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindío, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle); Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Aragua, Bolívar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Yaracuy, Zulia); Peru [I]; Brazil [I]; Bolivia [I]; Bermuda [I]; Ecuador [I]; Trinidad [I]; Guyana [I]; Surinam [I]; French Guiana [I]; Ghana [I]; Central African Republic [I]; Nigeria [I]; Chad [I]; Liberia [I]; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo] [I]; Guinea [I]; Benin [I]; Burkina Faso [I]; Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I]); Palau [I] (Koror [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Raiatea [I]); Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Australia [I] (Queensland [I]); Taiwan [I]; Java [I]; Fiji [I]; New Caledonia [I]; Philippines [I]; Thailand [I]; India [I]; Vietnam [I]; Bangladesh [I]; Cambodia [I]; New Guinea [I]; Moluccas [I]; Sulawesi [I]
[I] = Introduced

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Lamiales
Family Bignoniaceae
Genus Crescentia
Species cujete
Author citation L.
Scientific name Crescentia cujete L.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Appearances

Bark

Calabash (Virgin Isl.);  Calabash tree;  Calabash-tree

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

Calabash (Virgin Isl.);  Calabash tree;  Calabash-tree

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Calabash (Virgin Isl.);  Calabash tree;  Calabash-tree

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Fruit

Calabash (Virgin Isl.);  Calabash tree;  Calabash-tree

, Fruit , ©Dennis Wilson