Bignoniaceae

Higuerito

Crescentia linearifolia Miers

Family: Bignoniaceae
Genus: Crescentia

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Crescentia linearifoliaBignoniaceae

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Common names

By language (1)

English: Higuerito

Synonyms

Crescentia microcarpa Bello

Flowers

Flower colour: white (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

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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.