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Crescentia (after Crescenzi, thirteenth century Italian agricultural writer). Bignoniaceae. This genus is chiefly interesting for the calabash tree, which has no near allies of horticultural importance; yields the calabash fruit.<br />
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Tropical trees, glabrous: Lvs. alternate, solitary or clustered at nodes: fls. large, tubular, with a fluted 5- cut limb, yellowish, with red or purple veins; calyx 2-parted or deeply 5-cut. — About 5 species, in Mex. and Cent. Amer. The calabash tree is a native of Trop. Amer., is especially familiar in the W. Indies, and can be grown outdoors in extreme S. Fla. and S. Calif. The outer skin of the fr. is removed and the seeds and pulp from within, and the hard woody shell is used for water- gourds and for all sorts of domestic vessels, according to size and shape. The growing fr. can be made to assume various forms by skilful tying. It is a tree 20-40 ft. high, and readily distinguished from all others by its peculiar habit of growth, as it bears large, horizontal, scarcely divided branches, which bear clusters of Lvs. at intervals. The tree is becoming important in the manufacture of tobacco-pipes.<br />
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==References==<br />
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963<br />
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --><br />
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --><br />
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --><br />
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