Plant Details

Accepted name:: Crescentia alata Kunth [Bignoniaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cirián	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
crescentia alata	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cuatecomate	Other	Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
cuatecomáte	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
guaje cirial	Other	Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
jicaro	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jícaro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mexican calabash	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
morrito	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tecomate	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
winged calabash	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruits		Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
fruit		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Parmentiera alata (Kunth) Miers Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 166 (1868).
Crescentia ternata Sessé & Moc. Naturaleza (Madrid), ser. 2, 1(App.): 94 (1889).
Crescentia trifolia Blanco Fl. Filip.: 489 (1837).
Otophora paradoxa Blume Rumphia 3: 146 (1847 publ. 1849).
Pteromischus alatus (Kunth) Pichon Bull. Soc. Bot. France 92: 227 (1945 publ. 1946).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Crescentia alata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. Mexico (Heinrich et al., 1998) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Crescentia alata H.B.K.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
Crescentia alata HBK,	Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
Crescentia alata HBK.	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)
Crescentia alata Kunth	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Parmantiera alata Miers	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Parmentiera alata Miers	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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