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An illustration of a Calabash tree and ways to utilize the shell of the fruit it produces. Crescentia (Calabash tree, huingo, krabasi, or kalebas) is a genus of six species of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to southern Florida, the Caribbean, southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America. The species are small trees growing to 10 m tall, and producing large spherical fruits up to half a meter in diameter.

Calabash Tree

An illustration of a Calabash tree and ways to utilize the shell of the fruit it produces. Crescentia…

The common name of crescentia cujete is calabash. The fruit is eighteen to twenty inches through. It is a tropical tree.

Crescentia Cujete

The common name of crescentia cujete is calabash. The fruit is eighteen to twenty inches through. It…