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North America distribution zone

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Crescentia alata Kunth

Bignoniaceae

SC SE North America (N Mexico to Panama) int MW Africa (Senegal) and NC Oceania (Philippines)

SC SE

hyg->xer

dr fd (cooling drink made with seeds, pulp) fr fw ma (cups made with pericarp) pl (ornamental) ti

Crescentia ternata Sessé & Moç. Crescentia trifolia Blanco Otophora paradoxa Blume Parmentiera alata (Kunth) Miers Pteromischus alatus (Kunth) Pichon

crossleaf calabashtree

calebassier ailé; parmentiera ailé

ayal, ayale (Mexico); calabash (Costa Rica, Mexico); cirian (Mexico); cruz cruzan (Philippines); cuastecomate; guacal (Honduras); guiro (Mexico); hoja cruz (Philippines); jicara, jicarita (Mexico); jicarito (Nicaragua); jicaro (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua); jicaro de hojas en cruz (Nicaragua); jicaro morro (Honduras); jícaro (Costa Rica); jícaro sabanero (Nicaragua); morrito (El Salvador, Honduras); morro (El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico); morro silvestre (El Salvador); saca-guacal (Costa Rica); sirian, syrial, tecomata, tecomate, tima (Mexico)

tima (huasteco)

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Latin name	Crescentia alata Kunth
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (N Mexico to Panama) int MW Africa (Senegal) and NC Oceania (Philippines)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg->xer
Use	dr fd (cooling drink made with seeds, pulp) fr fw ma (cups made with pericarp) pl (ornamental) ti
Synonym	Crescentia ternata Sessé & Moç. Crescentia trifolia Blanco Otophora paradoxa Blume Parmentiera alata (Kunth) Miers Pteromischus alatus (Kunth) Pichon
English name	crossleaf calabashtree
French name	calebassier ailé; parmentiera ailé
Spanish name	ayal, ayale (Mexico); calabash (Costa Rica, Mexico); cirian (Mexico); cruz cruzan (Philippines); cuastecomate; guacal (Honduras); guiro (Mexico); hoja cruz (Philippines); jicara, jicarita (Mexico); jicarito (Nicaragua); jicaro (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua); jicaro de hojas en cruz (Nicaragua); jicaro morro (Honduras); jícaro (Costa Rica); jícaro sabanero (Nicaragua); morrito (El Salvador, Honduras); morro (El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico); morro silvestre (El Salvador); saca-guacal (Costa Rica); sirian, syrial, tecomata, tecomate, tima (Mexico)
Other name	tima (huasteco)
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