Bignoniaceae
Common calabash tree
Crescentia cujete
- Family
- Bignoniaceae
- Genus
- Crescentia
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Common names
By language (28)
- Arabic
- إكريسنتية دبائية, اكريسنتية دبائية, الإكريسنتية الدبائية, الاكريسنتية الدبائية, شجر الدباء, شجرة الدباء
- Assamese
- যোগীলাও
- Bambara
- Filenjiri
- Bangla
- ডুগডুগি গাছ
- Cantonese
- 鐵西瓜
- Chinese
- 葫芦树, 葫蘆樹, 炮弹果, 瓠瓜木, 红锣, 铁西瓜, Mije-Sokean *tzima7, Tzimah
- English
- Common calabash tree, Tzimah tree
- French
- Calebassier
- German
- Kalebassenbaum
- guc
- Aliita
- Haitian Creole
- Kalbas
- Indonesian
- Berenuk
- Japanese
- フクベノキ
- kge
- Tabu Kayu
- Malay
- Labu kayu, Pokok Labu Kayu, Tabu kayu, Tabung kayu
- Malayalam
- കമണ്ഡലു മരം
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kalebasstre
- pap
- Palu di kalbas
- Polish
- Dzbaniwo kalebasowe
- Quechua
- Tutuma, Khuya pillchi, Pilchi
- Russian
- Калебасовое дерево, Колебасовое дерево
- Slovenian
- Kalebasno drevo
- Spanish
- Güira, Higuero, Higüero, Jicaro, Jícaro, Taparo, Totumo
- Sundanese
- Berenuk
- Tamil
- திருவோட்டுக்காய்
- Thai
- น้ำเต้าต้น
- Ukrainian
- Горлянкове дерево, Калебасове дерево, Тиквине дерево
- Vietnamese
- Đào tiên
Synonyms
- Crescentia acuminata Kunth
- Crescentia angustifolia Willd. ex Seem.
- Crescentia arborea Raf.
- Crescentia cujete var. puberula Bureau & K.Schum.
- Crescentia cuneifolia Gardner
- Crescentia fasciculata Miers
- Crescentia latifolia Raf.
- Crescentia plectantha Miers
- Crescentia pumila Raf.
- Crescentia spathulata Miers
Flowers
- In flower
- July to May (from 39 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Toxicity: Moderate, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Alejandro Alfredo Aguirre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Francis Pérez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tereso Hernández Morales, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wendy Cutler, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yolanda M. Leon, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: rebecca bachman, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: GBIF, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yolanda M. Leon, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vijayanrajapuram, 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.