Bignoniaceae
Morrito
Crescentia alata
- Family
- Bignoniaceae
- Genus
- Crescentia
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 十字叶蒲瓜树, 十字葉蒲瓜樹, 三叉木, 十字架树, 叉叶木, 叉叶树, 叉葉木
- English
- Morrito
- Japanese
- メキシカンカラバッシュ、ヒカロ、モロ、モリート
- Thai
- ตีนเป็ดฝรั่ง
Synonyms
- Crescentia ternata Sessé & Moc.
- Crescentia trifolia Blanco
- Otophora paradoxa Blume
- Parmentiera alata (Kunth) Miers
- Pteromischus alatus (Kunth) Pichon
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.