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Amphitecna latifolia (Mill.) A.H.Gentry

Bignoniaceae

SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, USA: Florida; West Indies) South America (tropics)

SC SE

S[M]

hyg calc acid

dr (fruits decoction taken orally for tetanus, leaves juice massage for rash) dr(ob) (pulp of the fruits has served in home remedies) fd (seeds are eaten and used like cocoa in a beverage) ma (fruits dried and gutted used like dish or calabash) pl (ornamental) ti

Amphitecna obovata (Benth.) L.O.Williams Crescentia coriacea Miers Crescentia cucurbitina L. Crescentia cucurbitina var. heterophylla Kuntze Crescentia cuspidata Miers Crescentia elongata Miers Crescentia latifolia Mill. Crescentia lethifera Tussac Crescentia obovata Benth. Crescentia palustris Forsyth ex Seem. Crescentia toxicaria Tussac Dendrosicus latifolius (Mill.) A.H.Gentry Dendrosicus saxatilis Raf. Enallagma cucurbitina (L.) Baill. ex K.Schum. Enallagma latifolia (Mill.) Small Enallagma obovata (Benth.) Baill. ex K.Schum.

savana blackcalabash; black calabash (USA); black calabash-tree; black-calabash (Dominica, Puerto Rico, USA); calabash; calabash tree (Panama); river calabash (Belize); savana calabash (Jamaica); wild calabash (Belize, Panama); wild-calabash (Panama)

amphitecna à feuilles larges; bache marron; bashe marron (Hispaniola); cale basse marron (Haiti); calebasse (Dominica); calebasse bâtard; calebasse marron (Hispaniola); calebasse ronde (Dominica, USA); calebasse zombie (Hispaniola); calebasse-zombi, calebassier à large feuille

cacao silvestre (Costa Rica); calabacillo (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador); calabash (Trinidad); calabasillo (Colombia, Ecuador); calabasillo de la playa (Costa Rica); camuro (Venezuela); cocoa (Puerto Rico); güira cimarrona (Hispaniola); güira de olor (Cuba); higüerillo (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); higüerita (Puerto Rico); higüero (Hispaniola, Venezuela); higüero de rio (Hispaniola); higüero de taparito (Venezuela); higüero galión, higüero jamo (Hispaniola); huiro de montaña, jicarillo (Mexico); jicarita, jicaro, jicaro de estero (Costa Rica); jicavillo (Mexico); magüira (Cuba); mariquita de Maria, mariquito de marea (Panama); matecillo, matecito, matesillo (Colombia); mora de costa (Guatemala); morito de rio, morito de río (Belize); morrito del rio (Guatemala); otumillo (Panama); taparito (Venezuela); totumillo (Colombia); totumito (Colombia, Panama); tutunuto (Panama)

ajonocht (Guatemala); kalbas mawon, kalbas zombi (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Amphitecna latifolia (Mill.) A.H.Gentry
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, USA: Florida; West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg calc acid
Use	dr (fruits decoction taken orally for tetanus, leaves juice massage for rash) dr(ob) (pulp of the fruits has served in home remedies) fd (seeds are eaten and used like cocoa in a beverage) ma (fruits dried and gutted used like dish or calabash) pl (ornamental) ti
Synonym	Amphitecna obovata (Benth.) L.O.Williams Crescentia coriacea Miers Crescentia cucurbitina L. Crescentia cucurbitina var. heterophylla Kuntze Crescentia cuspidata Miers Crescentia elongata Miers Crescentia latifolia Mill. Crescentia lethifera Tussac Crescentia obovata Benth. Crescentia palustris Forsyth ex Seem. Crescentia toxicaria Tussac Dendrosicus latifolius (Mill.) A.H.Gentry Dendrosicus saxatilis Raf. Enallagma cucurbitina (L.) Baill. ex K.Schum. Enallagma latifolia (Mill.) Small Enallagma obovata (Benth.) Baill. ex K.Schum.
English name	savana blackcalabash; black calabash (USA); black calabash-tree; black-calabash (Dominica, Puerto Rico, USA); calabash; calabash tree (Panama); river calabash (Belize); savana calabash (Jamaica); wild calabash (Belize, Panama); wild-calabash (Panama)
French name	amphitecna à feuilles larges; bache marron; bashe marron (Hispaniola); cale basse marron (Haiti); calebasse (Dominica); calebasse bâtard; calebasse marron (Hispaniola); calebasse ronde (Dominica, USA); calebasse zombie (Hispaniola); calebasse-zombi, calebassier à large feuille
Spanish name	cacao silvestre (Costa Rica); calabacillo (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador); calabash (Trinidad); calabasillo (Colombia, Ecuador); calabasillo de la playa (Costa Rica); camuro (Venezuela); cocoa (Puerto Rico); güira cimarrona (Hispaniola); güira de olor (Cuba); higüerillo (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); higüerita (Puerto Rico); higüero (Hispaniola, Venezuela); higüero de rio (Hispaniola); higüero de taparito (Venezuela); higüero galión, higüero jamo (Hispaniola); huiro de montaña, jicarillo (Mexico); jicarita, jicaro, jicaro de estero (Costa Rica); jicavillo (Mexico); magüira (Cuba); mariquita de Maria, mariquito de marea (Panama); matecillo, matecito, matesillo (Colombia); mora de costa (Guatemala); morito de rio, morito de río (Belize); morrito del rio (Guatemala); otumillo (Panama); taparito (Venezuela); totumillo (Colombia); totumito (Colombia, Panama); tutunuto (Panama)
Other name	ajonocht (Guatemala); kalbas mawon, kalbas zombi (creole, Haiti)
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