Common name
English: Calabash
German: Kalebassenbaum
Portuguese: Árvore da cuia, Cujeté
English: Calabash
German: Kalebassenbaum
Portuguese: Árvore da cuia, Cujeté
Kingdom: Plantae (2629)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2532)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2141)
Order: Scrophulariales (94)
Family: Bignoniacea (18)(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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