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Crescentia cujete L.

Bignoniaceae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama; USA: Florida; West Indies) South America (tropics) int S Eurasia (tropics) and Africa (tropics)

SC SE

S[M]

D E

hel hyg->[xer] calc

cl dr (asthma, constipation, diarrhea: macerated fruits pulp or juice taken orally, dysentery, edema: macerated roots with wine and water taken orally, epilepsy: fruits pulp compress wound, laceration: crushed leaves and shoot buds compress, lung infections, swollen glands, trauma: fruits decoction with salt or pulp juice taken orally, urethritis, varix) fd (drink from seeds, fruits, seeds) fr fw ma (containers made from its hard-shelled fruits for various purposes like household utensils) ma(ob) (eye-holes used to camouflage made from woody pericarp of the fruits) pl sa ti (boat building, ox yokes, saddle treestool handles, vehicule parts) tx (pulp of fruits is purgative)

Crescentia acuminata Kunth Crescentia angustifolia Willd. ex Seem. Crescentia arborea Raf. Crescentia cujete var. puberula Bureau & K.Schum. Crescentia cuneifolia Gardner Crescentia fasciculata Miers Crescentia plectantha Miers Crescentia spathulata Miers

common calabashtree; calabash (Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Grand Cayman, Jamaica, USA); calabash tree (Bahamas, Jamaica, Puerto Rico); calabash-tree, common calabash-tree (USA); cubabash tree, gourd; savannah calabash (Belize); tree calabash, wild calabash (Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Grand Cayman, Jamaica)

calebassier commun; arbre à calebasse, calabassier à feuilles longues; calebasse (Guadeloupe, Hispaniola); calebasse coucou; calebasse marronne (Hispaniola); calebasse rond; calebassier (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Barthélemy); callebasse boite, callebasse coricon, callebasse longue (Dominica); crescentia cujeté; petite calebasse des bois (Hispaniola); pied-calebasse

árbol de las calabazas; ayale (Mexico); cabeza (Ecuador); calabacero (Costa Rica); calabasa (Cuba); calabazo (Colombia, Panama); calbás (Ecuador); camasa, cayadi (Venezuela); cayiera (Peru); cerial, ciriam, cirian mazo, cirián (Mexico); cuautecomate; cucharo (Venezuela); cujete (Mexico); cutuco (El Salvador); gua; guacal (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua); guacalhuacal (El Salvador); guaje (Mexico); güia (Cuba); guira (Cuba); güira (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola); güira cimarrona, güira del monte, güira larga, güira redonda (Cuba); güire (Venezuela); guiro (Belize); güiro (Hispaniola, Mexico, Puerto Rico); guirototumo; higuera, higuero (Hispaniola, Puerto Rico); higüero (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); hoja de cruz (Philippines); huingo (Peru); japacary (Argentina); japt; jicara (Central America, Mexico); jicaro (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico); jicaro de cuchara (El Salvador); jícaro (Central America); jiguero (Hispaniola); kabami (Honduras); luch (Mexico); mate (Ecuador); morrito (El Salvador); morro (Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico); palo de huacal; pati (Peru); pilche, pilchimate (Ecuador); pog, poque; porobamba (Bolivia); raspa-guacal (Costa Rica); tapara, taparito, taparo (Venezuela); táparo (Colombia); tecomate (Mexico); totuma (Colombia, Peru, Venezuela); totumbo (Colombia, Panama); totumo (Colombia, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); totumo cimarron (Colombia); tutumo (Bolivia, Peru); tzima, zacual

arbore de cuia (portuguese, Brazil); bacu (chachi); boch; buhango (Amazonia); cabaceira (portuguese, Brazil); Calabassen-Baum (german); calabazas (dutch, Curaçao); calbas, calbas rondo (dutch, Aruba and Curaçao); coite (portuguese, Brazil); cueira (Brazil); cuerra (portuguese, Brazil); cuia (Brazil); cuintenseira (portuguese, Brazil); cuite, cuité (Brazil); cujete (portuguese, Brazil); guito-xiga (zapoteco, Mexico); hoco (maya, Mexico); hom (maya, Belize; Guatemala); huas (maya); huaz (maya, Belize and Mexico); huingo (Amazonia); jícaxo (Guatemala); kalabash (dutch, Aruba and Curaçao); kalabassenboom (Suriname); kalabose (dutch, Curaçao); kalbas (creole, Haiti); kalebas (Suriname); Kalebassenbaum, Kürbisbaum (german); leua (chontal, Mexico); luch (maya, Mexico); pati (Amazonia); pilche (Ecuador); sacha huingo (Amazonia); totuma (quichua); tsapa (Amazonia); xagueta-guia, xica-gueta-nazaa (zapoteco, Mexico); xigal (Guatemala)

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Latin name	Crescentia cujete L.
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama; USA: Florida; West Indies) South America (tropics) int S Eurasia (tropics) and Africa (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	D E
Ecology	hel hyg->[xer] calc
Use	cl dr (asthma, constipation, diarrhea: macerated fruits pulp or juice taken orally, dysentery, edema: macerated roots with wine and water taken orally, epilepsy: fruits pulp compress wound, laceration: crushed leaves and shoot buds compress, lung infections, swollen glands, trauma: fruits decoction with salt or pulp juice taken orally, urethritis, varix) fd (drink from seeds, fruits, seeds) fr fw ma (containers made from its hard-shelled fruits for various purposes like household utensils) ma(ob) (eye-holes used to camouflage made from woody pericarp of the fruits) pl sa ti (boat building, ox yokes, saddle treestool handles, vehicule parts) tx (pulp of fruits is purgative)
Synonym	Crescentia acuminata Kunth Crescentia angustifolia Willd. ex Seem. Crescentia arborea Raf. Crescentia cujete var. puberula Bureau & K.Schum. Crescentia cuneifolia Gardner Crescentia fasciculata Miers Crescentia plectantha Miers Crescentia spathulata Miers
English name	common calabashtree; calabash (Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Grand Cayman, Jamaica, USA); calabash tree (Bahamas, Jamaica, Puerto Rico); calabash-tree, common calabash-tree (USA); cubabash tree, gourd; savannah calabash (Belize); tree calabash, wild calabash (Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Grand Cayman, Jamaica)
French name	calebassier commun; arbre à calebasse, calabassier à feuilles longues; calebasse (Guadeloupe, Hispaniola); calebasse coucou; calebasse marronne (Hispaniola); calebasse rond; calebassier (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Barthélemy); callebasse boite, callebasse coricon, callebasse longue (Dominica); crescentia cujeté; petite calebasse des bois (Hispaniola); pied-calebasse
Spanish name	árbol de las calabazas; ayale (Mexico); cabeza (Ecuador); calabacero (Costa Rica); calabasa (Cuba); calabazo (Colombia, Panama); calbás (Ecuador); camasa, cayadi (Venezuela); cayiera (Peru); cerial, ciriam, cirian mazo, cirián (Mexico); cuautecomate; cucharo (Venezuela); cujete (Mexico); cutuco (El Salvador); gua; guacal (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua); guacalhuacal (El Salvador); guaje (Mexico); güia (Cuba); guira (Cuba); güira (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola); güira cimarrona, güira del monte, güira larga, güira redonda (Cuba); güire (Venezuela); guiro (Belize); güiro (Hispaniola, Mexico, Puerto Rico); guirototumo; higuera, higuero (Hispaniola, Puerto Rico); higüero (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); hoja de cruz (Philippines); huingo (Peru); japacary (Argentina); japt; jicara (Central America, Mexico); jicaro (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico); jicaro de cuchara (El Salvador); jícaro (Central America); jiguero (Hispaniola); kabami (Honduras); luch (Mexico); mate (Ecuador); morrito (El Salvador); morro (Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico); palo de huacal; pati (Peru); pilche, pilchimate (Ecuador); pog, poque; porobamba (Bolivia); raspa-guacal (Costa Rica); tapara, taparito, taparo (Venezuela); táparo (Colombia); tecomate (Mexico); totuma (Colombia, Peru, Venezuela); totumbo (Colombia, Panama); totumo (Colombia, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); totumo cimarron (Colombia); tutumo (Bolivia, Peru); tzima, zacual
Other name	arbore de cuia (portuguese, Brazil); bacu (chachi); boch; buhango (Amazonia); cabaceira (portuguese, Brazil); Calabassen-Baum (german); calabazas (dutch, Curaçao); calbas, calbas rondo (dutch, Aruba and Curaçao); coite (portuguese, Brazil); cueira (Brazil); cuerra (portuguese, Brazil); cuia (Brazil); cuintenseira (portuguese, Brazil); cuite, cuité (Brazil); cujete (portuguese, Brazil); guito-xiga (zapoteco, Mexico); hoco (maya, Mexico); hom (maya, Belize; Guatemala); huas (maya); huaz (maya, Belize and Mexico); huingo (Amazonia); jícaxo (Guatemala); kalabash (dutch, Aruba and Curaçao); kalabassenboom (Suriname); kalabose (dutch, Curaçao); kalbas (creole, Haiti); kalebas (Suriname); Kalebassenbaum, Kürbisbaum (german); leua (chontal, Mexico); luch (maya, Mexico); pati (Amazonia); pilche (Ecuador); sacha huingo (Amazonia); totuma (quichua); tsapa (Amazonia); xagueta-guia, xica-gueta-nazaa (zapoteco, Mexico); xigal (Guatemala)
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