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Taxon:
Parmentiera aculeata
(Kunth) Seem.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Parmentiera
Family:
Bignoniaceae
Tribe:
Crescentieae
Nomen number:
105032
Place of publication:
Bot. voy. Herald 183. 1854
Verified:
08/15/1986
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Crescentia aculeata
Kunth
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Parmentiera edulis
DC.
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Reference(s)
Gentry, A. H.
1980. Bignoniaceae - Part I (Crescentieae and Tourrettieae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(1):98-100.
URL:
http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark.
1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Williams, L. O.
1973. Bignoniaceae of tropical North America. Fieldiana, Bot. 36(4):27.
Common names
English
candletree –
Reference(s)
cow-okra –
Reference(s)
food candletree –
Reference(s)
Spanish (Guatemala)
cuajilote –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Northern Mexico
Mexico
San Luis Potosí
1
Native
Northern America
Northern Mexico
Mexico
Sinaloa
1
Native
Northern America
Northern Mexico
Mexico
Tamaulipas
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Campeche
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Chiapas
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Guerrero
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
México
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Morelos
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Nayarit
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Oaxaca
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Puebla
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Yucatán
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Belize
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
El Salvador
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Guatemala
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Honduras
2
Cultivated
also cult.
Native
Northern America
NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, México, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]
Southern America
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize
,
Guatemala
,
Honduras
,
El Salvador
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
fruit
Gentry, A. H.
1980. Bignoniaceae - Part I (Crescentieae and Tourrettieae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(1):98-100.
URL:
http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/
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.
Name
References