Fruit; Botanical Garden, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; 5/2012 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaves; Botanical Garden, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; 5/2012 © Jörn Germer
Trunk with fruits; Botanical Garden, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; 5/2012 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Botanical Garden, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; 5/2012 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 2315 Date of entry: 25.10.2014 Last update: 30.05.2020
English: Mexican calabash
German: Kalebassenbaum
Kingdom: Plantae (2629)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2532)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2141)
Order: Scrophulariales (94)
Family: Bignoniacea (18)(family description)
Genus: Crescentia (2)
Epithet: alata Kunth (6)
alata => winged, with wings
Climate: tropical
Habit: tree
Flower colour: purple, orange, yellow
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