Crescentia linearifolia Miers

Higuerito (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Bignoniaceae > Crescentia

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite tree. It grows 5.5-9m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 5.5 - 9.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.6
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 7-8
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 5-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Depurative (unspecified), Aphrodisiac (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Crescentia linearifolia world distribution map, present in Belize, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:109345-1
WFO ID wfo-0000782043
COL ID ZF44
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 629441
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Synonyms

Crescentia linearifolia Crescentia microcarpa