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Flor de Cuastecomate

IMG_2603 Crescentia alata. Sin: Cirian, Tecomate, Guaje Cirian, Morro, Calabazo, Totuma, Jícaro. Arbol de las zonas tropicales de México y América Central hasta Costa Rica. Los frutos son como calabazos redondos que al ser ahuecados se utilizan como cuencos o jícaras para uso doméstico o para artesanía. Las flores y los frutos crecen directamente del tronco semejante al cacao.

Amacuzac, Estado de Morelos, México

 

"Crescentia alata (variously called Mexican calabash, jícaro, morro, morrito, winged calabash) is a species in the trumpet-flower family Bignoniaceae and in the calabash trees genus Crescentia, native to southern Mexico and Central America south to Costa Rica."

The hardshell of fruits are gourds used as beverage or food containers or crafted as art pieces.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crescentia_alata

www.siac.org.mx/tecnos/mor84.pdf

www.conabio.gob.mx/conocimiento/info_especies/arboles/doc...

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Taken on September 20, 2014