Crescentia
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This article is about the tree. For other uses of Crescentia, see Crescentia (disambiguation). For the vine and its fruit, see calabash. For other uses of calabash, see Calabash (disambiguation).
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]
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Crescentia | |
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Crescentia cujete | |
Scientific classification | |
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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