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Crescentia
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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 tall, and producing large spherical fruits, with a thin, hard shell and soft pulp, up to in diameter.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Crescentia is referenced by 25 other articles, and connects out to Bignoniaceae, South America and plant.
Vinony files it under Bignoniaceae genera, Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus and Crescentia.
Its subject is documented across 23 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Genus
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyBignoniaceae
Common Name: gourd
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 83
- With media
- 45
- Family
- Bignoniaceae
- Collections
- ECOSUR, INECOL, CAS, MICH, IBUNAM, YPM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Trinidad And Tobago, Brasil, Peru, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Bignoniaceae
- Image
- Crescentia cujete 3.jpg
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- Commons category
- Crescentia
- taxon name
- Crescentia
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Crescentia
- taxon common name
- 葫芦树属
- taxonomic type
- Crescentia cujete
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Uses
- Species
- References
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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 tall, and producing large spherical fruits, with a thin, hard shell and soft pulp, up to in diameter.
==Uses== The hard shell can be used for containers, scoops, cups etc.
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