Bignoniaceae
Cuachilote
Parmentiera aculeata
- Family
- Bignoniaceae
- Genus
- Parmentiera
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 食用蜡烛木, 食用蜡烛树
- English
- Cuachilote
Synonyms
- Crescentia aculeata Kunth
- Crescentia edulis Desv.
- Crescentia edulis Sessé & Moc.
- Crescentia musaecarpa Zaldivar ex C.Heller
- Crescentia musicarpa Zaldivar ex C.Heller
- Parmentiera edulis DC.
- Parmentiera foliolosa Miers
- Parmentiera lanceolata Miers
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Scott Loarie, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Strongilocentrotus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: wlcutler, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photographs: jayeshp912, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 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.