Common name
English: Calabash
German: Kalebassenbaum
Portuguese: Árvore da cuia, Cujeté
English: Calabash
German: Kalebassenbaum
Portuguese: Árvore da cuia, Cujeté
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Lamiales (199)
Family: Bignoniaceae (20)(family description)
Genus: Crescentia (2)
Epithet: cujete L. (1)
Synonym: Crescentia fasciculata Miers
cujete => derived from an aboriginal name for Crescentia cujete
fasciculata => clustered, growing in bundles
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: tree
Flower colour: green, white
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