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Crescentia
Crescentia cujete
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Bignoniaceae
Genus:	Crescentia L.
Species:	C. cujete
Binomial name
Crescentia cujete

Crescentia cujete, also known as the calabash tree is a plant native to Central and South America. It is a dicotyledonous plant with tripinnate leaves.

Ethnomedical Uses

• The parts used include the fruit and seeds.

• A fruit decoction is taken orally to treat diarrhea, stomachache, colds, bronchitis, cough, asthma, and urethritis.

• The leaves are used to treat hypertension.

External links

• Media related to Crescentia cujete at Wikimedia Commons
• Plant of the Week 01/31/2005: Calabash Tree (Crescentia cujete)Template:Fruit tree-stub

From Wikispecies

Crescentia cujete

Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG II (down to family level)

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiospermae
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Euasterids I
Ordo: Lamiales
Familia: Bignoniaceae
Tribus: Crescentieae
Genus: Crescentia
Species: Crescentia cujete

Name

Crescentia cujete L.

References

• Species Plantarum 2:626. 1753
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Data from 07-Oct-06]. [1]

Vernacular names

For more multimedia, look at Crescentia cujete on Wikimedia Commons.