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Crescentia alata Kunth

Mexican Calabash

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English Mexican Calabash
Other names

Further information

COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

States and Territories Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Honduras; El Salvador; Costa Rica; Panama; Nicaragua; Puerto Rico [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; New Caledonia [I]; trop. Africa [I]; Chad [I]; Benin [I]; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo] [I]; Northern Marianas [I] (Saipan [I]); Guam [I]; Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Java [I]; Thailand [I]; India [I]; Philippines [I]; Vietnam [I]
[I] = Introduced

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Lamiales
Family Bignoniaceae
Genus Crescentia
Species alata
Author citation Kunth
Scientific name Crescentia alata Kunth

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Appearances

Bark

Mexican Calabash

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

Mexican Calabash

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Mexican Calabash

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Branch

Mexican Calabash

, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson

Fruit

Mexican Calabash

, Fruit , ©Dennis Wilson