Crescentia alata Kunth

 
  • Family : BIGNONIACEAE
    (Bignonia Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : NEELI GULMOHUR FAMILY (नीली गुलमोहर फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Bignoniaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Parmentiera alata (Kunth) Miers; Pteromischus alatus (Kunth) Pichon; Crescentia ternata Sessé & Moc.; Crescentia trifolia Blanco; Otophora paradoxa Blume
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Crescentia alata Kunth
  • Common name : Mexican Calabash, Jicaro, Morrito, Winged Calabash
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kamandal (Hindi)
    • Soreburude mara, Bakkare (Kannada)
    • Tiruvottukkay (Tamil)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Planted
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated in plains
  • Key identification features : Leaves trifoliate, alternate or clustered, with prominently winged leaf-stalks, dark green, leaflets inverted-lanceshaped; Flowers bell-shaped, solitary, yellow-green to maroon; Fruit nearly round or oval, hard-shelled, smooth, green to purple.
  • Flower, Fruit : March-July
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Pune district
    • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
    • Delhi : Delhi
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua
  • Literature :
    • N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2.pp.580. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 2.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Crescentia alata. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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