Crescentia cujete

Crescentia cujete L. Engl.: common calabash tree, calabash, calabash tree. Deu.: Kalebassenbaum. Port.: cabaco, coite, cuia, cuieira, cuite. Bot. syn.: Crescentia acuminata Kunth.

Crescentia.

Classic texts: USDisp 1918.

Photo: Crescentia cujete 1.

Photo: Crescentia cujete 1. Branch in fruit. Penedo, Brazil. Planted. 2001-02-16.

Photo: Crescentia cujete 2.

Photo: Crescentia cujete 2. Fruit, heavy enough to bend the branch to the ground. Penedo, Brazil. Planted. 2001-02-16.

Photo: Crescentia cujete 3.

Photo: Crescentia cujete 3. Fruit. Penedo, Brazil. Planted. 2001-02-16.

Photo: Crescentia cujete.

Photo: Crescentia cujete. Branch in fruit. Burle Marx garden, Brazil. Planted. 2001-02-13.