This article is about the tree. For other uses of Crescentia, see Crescentia (disambiguation). For the vine and its fruit, see calabash. For other uses of calabash, see Calabash (disambiguation).
Crescentia
Crescentia cujete
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Asterids
Order:
Lamiales
Family:
Bignoniaceae
Clade:
Crescentiina
Clade:
Tabebuia alliance
Tribe:
Crescentieae
Genus:
Crescentia L.
Species
Crescentia alata
Crescentia amazonica
Crescentia cujete
Crescentia linearifolia
Crescentia mirabilis
Crescentia portoricensis
Crescentia (calabash tree, huingo, krabasi, or kalebas) is a genus of six species[1][2] of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to southern North America, the Caribbean, Central America northern South America.[1] The species are moderate-size trees growing to 10 m (35 ft) tall, and producing large spherical fruits, with a thin, hard shell and soft pulp,[3] up to 25 cm (10 in) in diameter.[4]
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unknown. He has for long been tied to the Sicilian martyrs Modestus and Crescentia but in the earliest sources it is clear that these were originally different...
Crescentia cujete, commonly known as the calabash tree, is a species of flowering plant native to the Americas, that is grown in Africa, South-East Asia...
Crescentia alata, variously called Mexican calabash, jícaro, morro, morrito, or winged calabash, is a plant species in the family Bignoniaceae and in the...
660 Crescentia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by American astronomer Joel Hastings Metcalf on January 8, 1908. The name may have...
Crescentia portoricensis, commonly known as higuero de sierra, is a species of plant in the family Bignoniaceae. It is a perennial evergreen shrub endemic...
Kigelia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae. The genus consists of only one species, Kigelia africana, which occurs throughout tropical...
Lagenaria gourds are being shaken by the natural grip, while the round Crescentia calabash fruits are fitted to a handle. Human hair is sometimes fastened...
septicidal or loculicidal. The three exceptions are the genera Kigelia, Crescentia and its close relatives, and Colea and its close relatives. In these,...
France, wife of Charles I. Lord Baltimore initially proposed the name "Crescentia", the land of growth or increase, but "the King proposed Terra Mariae...
native to North America, including the Malabar gourd and turban squash), Crescentia cujete (the tree gourd or calabash tree, native to the American tropics)...
Featuring the innocent persecuted heroine, it is subcategorized into the Crescentia cycle of romances because of two common traits: the heroine is accused...
Feuerwehrmuseum Puppentheater-Museum Isergebirgs-Museum (Neugablonz) Maria Crescentia Höss (1682–1744), nun, beatified 1900, canonised 2001 Sophie von La Roche...
zu Sonnenburg (1790–1791) Johann Karl Amadeus Mozart (1752–1753) Maria Crescentia Francisca de Paula Mozart (1754–1754) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)...
Retrieved 2013-08-26. Kirsch, Johann Peter (1912). "Sts. Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia" . Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. Kirsch, Johann Peter (1911). "Pelagia" ...
Mary (Marist Brothers) Mary Bernard (Verena) Bütler (1848–1924) St Maria Crescentia Höss (1682–1744) Cappella papale XXIX domenica del tempo ordinario santa...
Waldstein-Wartenberg. No issue. Klementine Marie Melanie Sofie Leontine Crescentia (27 June 1870 – 25 October 1963), unmarried; she adopted Prince Franz...
October 1829) Johann Karl Amadeus (4 November 1752 – 2 February 1753) Maria Crescentia Francisca de Paula (9 May 1754 – 27 June 1754) Johann Chrysostomus Wolfgang...
genera than to Tabebuia. This group consists of Spirotecoma, Parmentiera, Crescentia, and Amphitecna. A phylogenetic tree can be seen at Bignoniaceae. Handroanthus...
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