Crescentia cujete L.

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The New York Botanical Garden Ethnobotany of the Dominican Republic
No. 267	Bignoniaceae
Crescentia cujete L. det. Peguero, B., 06 Jun 2001
Dominican Republic. La Vega: Jarabacoa, Los Calabazos, across Yaque del Norte river, near Dona Dulce’s house. 19°4’37.79“, 70°43’21.3“. ca. 733 m. Cultivated field.
Tree to 4m, flowers white, grow on trunk, gourd fruit to 15cm diameter. Photo. Medicinal plant.
N.V.: higiiero, jigiiero [Spanish]
A. Ososki & D. Rodriguez
17 Mar 2001
NYdb
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