Small tree with a crooked growth form, low and much-branched, able to grow up to able 10 m tall.
Trunk: Fissured and grey bark. Green oblanceolate leaves, alternate arrangement, measuring about 4 - 26 cm long and 1 - 7.5 cm wide, subsessile; yellow tubular flowers with purple veins, solitary or sometimes paired and about 5 cm long, musty fragrance. Fruit is a large, green globular berry about 13 - 20 cm long and up to 30 cm wide, attached to the trunk and branches, contains flat seeds which are embedded in the pulp.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Crescentia acuminata Kunth |
| synonym | Crescentia angustifolia Willd. ex Seem. |
| synonym | Crescentia arborea Raf. |
| synonym | Crescentia cujete var. puberula Bur. & K. Schum. in Mart. |
| synonym | Crescentia cuneifolia Gardn. |
| synonym | Crescentia fasciculata Miers |
| synonym | Crescentia latifolia Raf. |
| synonym | Crescentia plectantha Miers |
| synonym | Crescentia pumila Raf. |
| synonym | Crescentia spathulata Miers |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Habit: Tree
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Plains, Cultivated, Native of Tropical America
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
Description
Global Distribution
India: Assam; America
Local Distribution
Barak Valley
India: Assam; America
Kerala: Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur
Tamil Nadu: All districts
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- https://florafaunaweb.nparks.gov.sg/special-pages/plant-detail.aspx?id=2831; Flora and Fauna Web; 20/4/2018
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
Information Listing > References
- https://florafaunaweb.nparks.gov.sg/special-pages/plant-detail.aspx?id=2831; Flora and Fauna Web; 20/4/2018
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Lamiales |
| Family | Bignoniaceae |
| Genus | Crescentia |
| Species | Crescentia cujete L. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
📷 Related Observations
