PLANTS Profile for Crescentia cujete (common calabash tree)

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Crescentia cujete L.
common calabash tree

Symbol:

CRCU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Bignoniaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N
VI		N

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©Mark W. Skinner. USDA NRCS NPDC. Netherlands Antilles, Bonaire, Captain Don's. January 25, 1981. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Crescentia cujete L.

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Distribution:
Crescentia cujete L.


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USA (FL), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Crescentia cujete L.

View 29 genera in Bignoniaceae, 4 species in Crescentia

Classification:
Crescentia cujete L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Scrophulariales
Family	Bignoniaceae – Trumpet-creeper family
Genus	Crescentia L. – crescentia
Species	Crescentia cujete L. – common calabash tree

More Accounts and Images:
Crescentia cujete L.

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View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 34332.

Time Generated: 09/24/2008 11:31 AM MDT