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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

Synonym

English name

French name

Spanish name

Other name

Trade name

Crescentia linearifolia Miers

Bignoniaceae

SC SE North America (S Mexico, Belize, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)

SC SE

hel xer

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)

Crescentia microcarpa Bello

narrowleaf calabashtree; calabash (Puerto Rico)

calebassier marron; calebasse marron (Haiti); petite calebasse des bois (Hispaniola)

higüera (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); higüerillo, higüerita, higuerito (Puerto Rico); higüerito (Dominican Republic)

kalbas mawon (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Crescentia linearifolia Miers
Family	Bignoniaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Belize, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel xer
Use	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)
Synonym	Crescentia microcarpa Bello
English name	narrowleaf calabashtree; calabash (Puerto Rico)
French name	calebassier marron; calebasse marron (Haiti); petite calebasse des bois (Hispaniola)
Spanish name	higüera (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); higüerillo, higüerita, higuerito (Puerto Rico); higüerito (Dominican Republic)
Other name	kalbas mawon (creole, Haiti)
Trade name