Crescentia cujete


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Noun1.Crescentia cujete - tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourdsCrescentia cujete - tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds
Crescentia, genus Crescentia - a genus of tropical American trees of the family Bignoniaceae; has a short trunk and crooked limbs and drooping branches
tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
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En otros paises se han observado diferencias morfologicas en los frutos de Crescentia cujete L., especie emparentada con C.
The vegetation of Bonaire is typical of dry islands in the eastern Caribbean, including common plants that provide food to the parrot, such as the golden-spined cactus Pilosocereus lanuginosus, apple cactus Subpilocereus repandus, candle cactus Stenocereus griseus, calabash Crescentia cujete, pigeon berry Bourreria succulenta, lignum-vitae Guaicum sanctum, olive wood Capparis odoratissima, gumbo limbo Bursera simaruba, logwood Haematoxylum brasiletto, mesquite Pro-sopis juliflora, divi-divi Caesalpinia coriaria, West Indian cherry Malpighia emarginata and indigo berry Randia aculeata.
Table 1: Phytochemical screening of the fresh, decocted, and various extracts of Crescentia cujete Linn.
Some plants like Crescentia Cujete (Calabash ), Kigelia Africana (Sausage Tree ) and Haplophragma Adenophyllum (Ainthphalli ) are exclusively or heavily dependent on bats for pollination.
saman, Crescentia cujete, and Leucaena leucocephala; A2), and trees, shrubs, and two timber trees (G.
"fruit du calebassier (Lagenaria siceraria, Crescentia cujete) utilise comme recipient"