Bignoniaceae
Black calabash
Amphitecna latifolia
- Family
- Bignoniaceae
- Genus
- Amphitecna
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Black calabash
Synonyms
- Amphitecna obovata (Benth.) L.O.Williams
- Crescentia coriacea Miers
- Crescentia cucurbitifera Houtt.
- Crescentia cucurbitina L.
- Crescentia cucurbitina var. heterophylla Kuntze
- Crescentia cuspidata Miers
- Crescentia elongata Miers
- Crescentia latifolia Mill.
- Crescentia lethifera Tuss.
- Crescentia obovata Benth.
- Crescentia ovata Burm.f.
- Crescentia palustris Forsyth ex Seem.
- Crescentia toxicaria Tuss.
- Dendrosicus latifolius (Mill.) A.H.Gentry
- Dendrosicus saxatilis Raf.
- Enallagma cucurbitina (L.) Baill. ex K.Schum.
- Enallagma latifolia (Mill.) Small
- Enallagma obovata (Benth.) Baill. ex K.Schum.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.