Mazhar Botanic Garden

Crescentia cujete L.

gourd tree hue tree

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000910
Common name: Gourd tree, hue tree
English name: Calabash tree
Arabic name: كلاباش
Native: Americas
Country: Tropical america
(PGR): Rare

Evergreen spreading tree grow up to 10 m tall leaves simple, entire flowers greenish white to greenish yellow with purple streaks, showy , emerges singly from trunk and branches fruit round to elliptic 12- 30 cm hard-shelled berry, green to yellow when ripe

Ornamental plant. Further, calabash tree has a wide range of medicinal uses.

Crescentia spathulata Miers

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Texture: Clay Loam Sandy
Fertility: High
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: Intermediated Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Hot climates
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Year round
Zone: 10b : 11
pH range: 5.5-7.5

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