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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, Central America, South America, the West Indies and extreme southern Florida. [2] It is the national tree of St. Lucia.
calabash tree, (Crescentia cujete), tree of the family Bignoniaceae that grows in parts of Africa, Central and South America, the West Indies, and extreme southern Florida. It is often grown as an ornamental; however, it is also used in traditional systems of medicine.
Calabash (/ ˈ k æ l ə b æ ʃ /; [2] Lagenaria siceraria), also known as bottle gourd, [3] white-flowered gourd, [4] long melon, birdhouse gourd, [5] New Guinea bean, New Guinea butter bean, Tasmania bean, [6] and opo squash, is a vine grown for its fruit.
The calabash tree (Crescentia cujete) is a small evergreen that grows up to 25 feet (8 m.) tall and produces unusual flowers and fruits. The flowers are greenish yellow with red veins, while the fruit – large, round, and hard – hang directly beneath the branches.
Crescentia (calabash tree, huingo, krabasi, or kalebas) is a genus of six species [2] of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and northern South America. [1]
Crescentia cujete, commonly known as the calabash tree, produces a distinctive, roundish fruit with a hard, woody shell. It’s a tropical plant, and the calabash fruit has a range of uses, from culinary applications to traditional crafts and more.
Calabash is an evergreen tree reaching 10 to 25 feet in height with a broad, irregular crown composed of long, spreading branches clothed in 2- to 7-inch-long dark green leaves, which create moderate shade beneath the tree.
Calabash is an evergreen tropical tree 25-40 feet high, with spreading branches and broad head. It has a rough bark and simple leaves. Calabash Tree has cauliflorus flowers that appear directly from nodes on the trunk and branches.
Crescentia cujete, commonly known as calabash tree, is a small tropical evergreen tree of the Bignonia family that grows to 30’ tall. Original native territory is unclear, but probably extends from Mexico through Central America to Brazil plus the Caribbean.
Calabash is an evergreen tree reaching 20 to 30 feet in height with a broad, irregular crown composed of long, spreading branches clothed in two to six-inch- long bright green leaves, which create moderate shade beneath the tree (Fig. 1).