Common Calabash Tree

Crescentia cujete L.

Trumpet-creeper family

Plant Type
Tree, Shrub
Life Cycle
Perennial

Ecosystem & Wildlife

Pollinators Bats

Native Range

  • MEX:  Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
  • USA+:  Puerto Rico

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), PR (N), VI (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.

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