Crescentia alata Kunth

PLANTS OF THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC
COLLECTED FOR THE HERBARIUM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN BY
ROBERT MERRILL KING AND CHARLES FEDDEMA
STATE OF OAXACA, MEXICO
Crescentia alata H.B.K.
dup. det. R. S. Cowan I960
Grazed areas, 2-4 km. east of Tehuantepec on the road to Oaxaca
(Route 190); vegetation mainly of thorny leguminous trees and
shrubs, and cacti; elevation SO m. or less. Not Common* a
tree 6-7 m. tall; flowers yellowish with
red veins.
ROBERT MERRILL KING, NO. Il66
1 JULY 1959
03785008