Crescentia cujete L.

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FLORA OF THE MARQUESAS ISLANDS
Crescentia cujete L	US, PAP, P, BISH, NY
BIGNONIACEAE
FRENCH POLYNESIA: Marquesas Archipelago
UA HUKA: Vaipae'e: cultivated in a vacant lot across the street from Pension
Chez Alexis Scallamera.
tree, 6m tall with spatulate leaves, dark green above, light green below,
rough; fruits gourd-shaped, light green in color; flesh inside a grey-white,
immature seeds white and mature seeds black, numerous.
LatyLong: 8° 55' 49" S 139° 34 34 W
Elev: 33- 66 ft = 10-20 m
Liloa Dunn 351	08 DEC 2003
K.R. Wood
NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (PTBG)
Joint expedition sponsored by NTBG and the Delegation a la Recherche
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