Crescentia alata Kunth

  • Filed As

    Bignoniaceae
    Crescentia alata Kunth

  • Collector(s)

    E. D. Merrill 515, Sep 1914

  • Location

    Philippines. Rizal. Malabon, Luzon.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3784907

    Occurrence ID: 7ca9ba83-144a-4db5-bb97-61509879df3b

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Lamiales

  • Family

    Bignoniaceae

  • All Determinations

    Crescentia alata Kunth

CRESCENTIA Linnaeus
Crescentia trifolia Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 489 (sp. nov.) ; ed. 2 (1845) 343;
ed. 3, 2 (1878) 271, t. J«7'=CRESCENTIA ALATA HBK.
This Mexican species was introduced into Guam and into
the Philippines by the Spaniards and still persists in cultiva-
tion in both, although now very rare in the Philippines. The
Philippine species described by Blume, from leaf specimens,
as Otophora ? paradoxa Bl. Rumphia 3 (1847) 146 is Crescentia
alata HBK.
Illustrative specimen from Malabon, Rizal Province, Luzon,
September, 1914, there known as cruz-cruzan (Merrill: Species
Blancoanae No. 515).
Crescentia alata HBK.
Crescantia trifolia Blanco
Otophora paraäoxa Blume
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