Accession #: 199200126
Accession Date: 1992-12-31
Common name: Calabash Tree
Family: Bignoniaceae
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Country of Origin: tropical America
Description: Tree to 40 feet, with spreading branches and broad head; leaves nearly sessile, clustered at nodes, oblanceolate, to 6 inches long; flowers to 2 inches long (cauliflory) corolla yellowish with red or purple veins, lobes lacerate; fruit to 12 inches or more across, smooth, resembling a gourd.
The fruits are widely used as utensils and are used to make musical instruments - Maracas.
Uses: Medicinal Usage: Considered anthelmintic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, febrifuge, laxative, expectorant.
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USDA Zone: 10b-11
Source: Lyon Arb
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