Biology:Crescentia
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Short description: Genus of trees
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| Crescentia cujete | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Bignoniaceae |
| Clade: | Crescentiina |
| Clade: | Tabebuia alliance |
| Tribe: | Crescentieae |
| Genus: | Crescentia L. |
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Crescentia (calabash tree, huingo, krabasi, or kalebas) is a genus of six species[1][2] of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to southern North America, the Caribbean, Central America northern South America.[1] 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,[3] up to 25 cm (10 in) in diameter.[4]
Uses
The fruit pulp is used traditionally for respiratory problems.[5] The hard shell can be used for containers, scoops, cups etc.[3]
Selected species
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Crescentia — The Plant List". http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Bignoniaceae/Crescentia/.
- ↑ "Crescentia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?3069.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Crescentia cujete (Huingo)". Rainforest Conservation Fund. http://www.rainforestconservation.org/?s=calabash.
- ↑ "Calabash Tree Fruit". Mission to Belize. http://www.missiontobelize.org/node/192.
- ↑ "Calabash tree". Tropilab. http://www.tropilab.com/calabashtree.html.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1321860 entry
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