IUCN Status
: Least Concern
Author: Sonu kumar
Myself Sonu Kumar and I'm from Bundi. Currently I'm working as a district coordinator kota at BRDS society India. I have always been a devout admirer of nature and I would be happy to share more information about the plant wealth around me through this platform. #AStudentofnature #Teamefloraofrajasthan 🌿🌱🐛🦋🔍 Insta page: https://www.instagram.com/eflora_of_rajasthan/
- Parmentiera alata (Kunth) Miers, Crescentia trifolia Blanco
- Cultivated
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Mexican Calabash is a low-growing tree with a rounded or spreading crown, commonly seen 3-4 m tall, rarely reaching a height of 12 m. The short bole is up to 50cm in diameter. Leaves are trifoliate, alternate or clustered, with prominently winged leaf-stalks, dark green, up to 8 inches long, leaflets inverted-lanceshaped. Flowers are bell-shaped, solitary, yellow-green to maroon, on short stalk, up to 6 cm or so long. Fruit is cannon ball like, nearly round, sometimes oval, hard-shelled, smooth, green to purple, becoming yellow-green before falling, commonly 4-5 inches in diameter. It is cultivated in India as a small ornamental tree.
Medicinal uses: Warning: Unverified information The fruit is pectoral. The pulp is used particularly in the treatment of colds, and for diseases of the kidneys, A decoction of the leaves is employed as an astringent and antihemorrhagic. It is much used in the treatment of haemoptysis and dysentery
Fl.&Fr.: June-Oct.
PC: © Sonu kumar
Source: Foi, efoi, powo.
Loc : Jaipur
Date: Sep.2024
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