Crescentia
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Crescentia (Calabash tree, huingo, krabasi, or kalebas, not to be confused with the calabash vine) is a genus of six species of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to southern Florida, the Caribbean, southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America. The species are small trees growing to 10 m tall, and producing large spherical fruits up to half a meter in diameter.
- Selected species
- Crescentia cujete
- Crescentia alata
- Crescentia portoricensis
[edit] External links
- Germplasm Resources Information Network: Crescentia
- Calabash tree page from killerPlants site
- Calabash tree page from Tropilab Inc site
- Calabash tree page from Rainforest Conservation Fund site
