Accession Data:
Crescentia cujete L.
- Common Name: Calabash Tree
- Family: Bignoniaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: tropical America
- Description: Tree to 40 feet, with spreading branches and broad head; leaves nearly petiole or a stigma, when the style is absent.">sessile, clustered at nodes, oblanceolate, to 6 inches long; flowers to 2 inches long (cauliflory) corolla yellowish with red or purple veins, lobes lacerate; fruit to 12 inches or more across, smooth, resembling a gourd.
The fruits are widely used as utensils and are used to make musical instruments - Maracas.
- Uses: Medicinal Usage: Considered anthelmintic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, febrifuge, laxative, expectorant.
- IMPORTANT NOTE: Plant Uses are for informational purposes only. EEB Greenhouses assume no responsibility for adverse effects from the use of any plants referred to on this site. Always seek advice from a professional before using any plant medicinally.
- USDA Zone: 10b-11
Accession Data:
- Accession # 199200126
- Source: Lyon Arb
- Accession Date: 12-31-1992
- Bench: 1318 - NEOA: Ground Bed 2 SW
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 10-08-2024
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid I
- Order: Lamiales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Bignoniaceae
- SubFamily:
- Tribe: Crescentieae
- SubTribe:
References (internal):
- Medicinal Plants
- Bat Pollinated (chiropterophily)
- Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries
- Medicinal Plants - Traditional African Medicine
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mexico Northeast / Mexico Northwest / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / Belize / Costa Rica / El Salvador / Guatemala / Honduras / Nicaragua / Panama / Aruba / Bahamas / Cayman Is. / Cuba / Dominican Republic / Haiti / Jamaica / Leeward Is. / Netherlands Antilles / Puerto Rico / Southwest Caribbean / Venezuelan Antilles / Windward Is. / Venezuela / Colombia /
References (external):
- Pollination and the Natural History of the Calabash Tree
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 17 February 2015.
- WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 17 February 2015
- Philippine Alternative Medicine Last accessed on Wednesday, December 12, 2018.
data regenerated on Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:12:28 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
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