Plant Details

Accepted name:: Crescentia cujete L. [Bignoniaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
arbre à calebasses	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
berenuk	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cabaço	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
calabacero	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
calabash	Other	Common Med. Pl. of Portland, Jamaica (Summer & Thomas, 2009) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
calabash fruit	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
calabash tree	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
calabash-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
calebasse	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
calebasse marron	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
calebassier	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
callebasse marronne	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
camasa	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
coite	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
coité	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014)
common calabash tree	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
crescencia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cueira	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
cuia	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
cuieira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
cuité	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
cuitê	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014)
cujeté	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gourd tree	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
guacal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
guiro	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
güira	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
güira cimarrona	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
güira criolla	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
higuera	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
higuero	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
higuero galion	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
huingo	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
igba degi	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
igisogba	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
j was	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
jicara	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
jicaro	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
jicote	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
jiguero	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
jícaro	Other	Pl. Med. de Matamba y Piñonal, Mexico (Escamilla et al., 2015)
kahmi	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
kalebassenbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kalebassträd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
krabasi	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
labu kayu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
luch	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
luuch	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
majapahit	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
morro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
míng mù guǒ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
oba	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
paki	Other	Common Med. Pl. of Portland, Jamaica (Summer & Thomas, 2009)
petite calabasse des bois	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
pú guā shù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ram	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
sanyasi bakkre	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
soke burude	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sokeburude	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sore burude	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tabu kayu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tabung kayu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tiruvottukkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiruvottukkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
waas	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
winku	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
wira	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
wén xiān guǒ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
රම්	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
文仙果	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
明目果	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蒲瓜树	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruits, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
fruit		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaves, flowers		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
leaves, branches, fruit	fruit peel	Pl. Med. de Matamba y Piñonal, Mexico (Escamilla et al., 2015)
fruits		Common Med. Pl. of Portland, Jamaica (Summer & Thomas, 2009)
fruits, leaves		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
fruits	dry fruits	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
fruit	dry fruit	Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012)
fruit, leaf		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
fruit pulp		Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
fruit, leaf		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
leaf, seed		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf, seed		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
leaf		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Crescentia acuminata Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 57 (1819).
Crescentia angustifolia Willd. ex Seem. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 23: 20 (1860), pro syn.
Crescentia arborea Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 81 (1838).
Crescentia cujete var. puberula Bureau & K.Schum. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 8(2): 403 (1897).
Crescentia cuneifolia Gardner J. Bot. (Hooker) 2: 422 (1840).
Crescentia fasciculata Miers Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 171 (1868).
Crescentia latifolia Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 81 (1838), nom. illeg.
Crescentia plectantha Miers Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 170 (1868).
Crescentia pumila Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 81 (1838).
Crescentia spathulata Miers Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 173 (1868).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Crescentia cujeta L.	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Crescentia cujete	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Med. Pl. Mexico (Heinrich et al., 1998) Pl. Med. de Matamba y Piñonal, Mexico (Escamilla et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Crescentia cujete L.	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Crescentia cujete Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)
crescentia cujete L.	Common Med. Pl. of Portland, Jamaica (Summer & Thomas, 2009)

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