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Crescentia cujete
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Family:
BIGNONIACEAE
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Citation: Crescentia cujete L., Sp. Pl. 626. 1753
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Malayalam Name(s):
Thiruvattakkai
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Beggers bowl, Calabash Tree, Krabasi, Kalebas, Huingo
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Description:
Small trees up to 8 m high. Leaves in scattered fascicle; leaflets 5-15 x 1.5-4 cm obspathulate, acute or obtuse at apex, cuneate at base. Flowers solitary or in pairs, borne on main trunk or mature branches. Calyx 2-lobed to the base. Corolla bell-shaped, 5-8 cm long, yellow, white or pale green with purplish or brown markings; lobes 5, unequal. Stamens 4, didynamous, 5th one rudimentary; sitgma bilamellate. Fruits broadly ellipsoid to globular, smooth, greenish yellow or black, 12-30 cm in across; seeds many, embed in the pulp.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Thrissur, Wayanad, Kozhikkode, Kollam, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad, Malappuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown in gardens
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Distribution:
Native of South America
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Green, Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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