Crescentia cujete L.

PLANTS OF VENEZUELA
No. 18229	BIGNONIACEAE
Crescentia cujete L.
det. A1 Gentry 1981
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ZULIA: Distrito Perija: 2 km W of the inter-
section of the Rio Aricuaisa and the Maracaiho-
La Fria Hwy. (Hwy. 6); 9°25'W, T2°37'W; elev. 10 m.
Tall evergreen forest on hummocky soil subject
to inundation.
Tree 8 m tall; fruit cauliflorus, nearly
spherical, green.
19 June 1980
G. Davidse, A.C. Gonzalez and R.A. Leon
Collected under the auspices of CONICIT, Jardín Botánico de Maracaibo and Corpozulia, with
the collaboration of the Instituto Botánico, Caracas (MARNR), Missouri Botanical Garden, St.
Louis, and NSF.
03784943