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Crescentia cujete,
commonly known as the
calabash tree, is a
species of
flowering plant native to the Americas, that is
grown in Africa, South-East Asia...
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Crescentia alata ****h
Crescentia amazonica Ducke Crescentia cujete L.
Crescentia linearifolia Miers Crescentia mirabilis Eckman ex Urb.
Crescentia portoricensis...
- "calabash"
because the name is
shared with the
unrelated calabash tree (
Crescentia cujete),
whose hard,
hollow fruits are also used to make utensils, containers...
- to
North America,
including the
Malabar gourd and
turban squash),
Crescentia cujete (the tree
gourd or
calabash tree,
native to the
American tropics)...
- Cucurbitaceae); instead, it is the
fruit of an
unrelated species, the tree
Crescentia cujete (family Bignoniaceae),
known in
Brazil as calabaça, cueira, cuia,...
- Mexico. The
powdered seeds and
sometimes the
fruit pulp of
Crescentia cujete and
Crescentia alata are used in
Nicaragua to make a
refresco called semilla...
-
grandiflorum (cupuaçu) (and
possibly others) Cola
mossambicensis Crescentia cujete (calabash tree).
Pavonia strictiflora Durian Meliaceae Didymocheton...
- "Xochicihuatl" who had
emerged from the
fruit of the gourd-tree (
Crescentia cujete),
which in turn had
grown from the head of a
woman that had flown...
- officinarum). They also
plant to
obtain tools for
daily life (like
bowls of
Crescentia cujete and
Lagenaria siceraria); or to make dyes. (like "achiote" Bixa orellana...
-
establish agricultural production. The area was
largely po****ted by
Crescentia cujete (Calabash trees)
colloquially known as
Calabazos or Totumos. Politically...
