Taxon:
Crescentia cujete L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:626. 1753
Verified:
04/08/1994
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
- Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
- Gentry, A. H. 1980. Bignoniaceae - Part I (Crescentieae and Tourrettieae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(1):90. URL: http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/
- Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978-. Flora de Veracruz. URL: http://www.ecologia.edu.mx/publicaciones/flover.htm
- Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
- Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
- Moreira, P. et al. 2017. Human management and hybridization shape treegourd fruits in the Brazilian Amazon Basin. Evol. Applications 10:577-589.
- Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
- Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
Common names
English
calabash – calabash-tree – French
calebassier – German
Kalebassenbaum – Portuguese (Brazil)
coité – cuieira – cuité – cujeté – Spanish
calabacero – crescencia – guacal – morro – Swedish
kalebassträd –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | | Mexico | | s. |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Bahamas | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cayman Islands | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Lucia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Vincent and Grenadines | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Puerto Rico | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Virgin Islands, U.S. | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Belize | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | El Salvador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Honduras | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Nicaragua | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | widely natzd. elsewhere |
6 | Other | | | | | exact native range in neotropics obscure |
Native
Northern America
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia, United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.], St. Vincent and Grenadines
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Naturalized
(widely natzd. elsewhere)
Other
(exact native range in neotropics obscure)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Human food | fruit | | Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption |
Materials | carved material | shells of fruits for containers fide F Neotrop 25:93. 1980 | Gentry, A. H. 1980. Bignoniaceae - Part I (Crescentieae and Tourrettieae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(1):90. URL: http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/ |
Medicines | folklore | | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |