Crescentia cujete L.

  • Filed As

    Bignoniaceae
    Crescentia cujete L.

  • Collector(s)

    B. C. Bennett 3625 with Patricia Gomez Andrade, 29 Mar 1989

  • Location

    Ecuador. Morona Santiago. Centro Shuar Yukutais. Near house and chacras of Pedro Kunkumas.

  • Description

    Tree to 5m with oblong fruits. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.

  • Specimen Notes

    Deposited at NY 05/19/1997

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 85166

    Occurrence ID: 879e8554-39f6-4c58-8821-f3a2d8178fdd

  • Local Name

    tsápa, calabash tree, mate

  • Language
    Shuar, English, Spanish
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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Lamiales

  • Family

    Bignoniaceae

  • All Determinations

    Crescentia cujete L.
    Note: ! A. Gentry, 1990

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Morona Santiago

  • Locality

    Centro Shuar Yukutais. Near house and chacras of Pedro Kunkumas

  • Coordinates

    -3.5, -78.17

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

  • Level 1 Use

    MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS

  • Level 2 Use

    Unspecified (Materials and Products)

  • Level 3 Use

    Utensils

  • Use Notes

    The Shuar fabricate spoons from the oblong variety

Manuscript voucher of Bradley Bennett’s
Ethnobotany of the Shuar of Eastern Ecuador.
Plant Resources of Amazonian Ecuador
The New York Botanical Garden
INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY
Plant Resources of ftisazonian Ecuador Project
BIGNONIACEAE
Crescentia cujete L.
ECUADOR, Morona-Santiago. Centro Shuar
Yukutais. Near house and chacras of Pedro
Kunkumas. 03°30’S, 78°10’W.
Tree to 5m with oblong fruits.
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Bradley Bennett 3625	March 29, 1989
with Patricia Gomez Andrade
Fieldwork supported by the U.S. ftqency for International
Development
00085166