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Crescentia portoricensis
Also called Calabach, Calabash Tree
Higuero de sierra (Crescentia portoricensis) is a rare evergreen shrub or small tree from southwestern Puerto Rico, growing up to about 6 m near stream banks and in moist wet forest. It is grown mainly for conservation and collections, and it needs consistently moist, well-drained soil and warm, humid conditions.
Crescentia portoricensis, commonly known as Higüero De Sierra in Spanish or Calabach in English, is a species of plant in the family Bignoniaceae. It is a perennial evergreen shrub endemic to Puerto Rico. It is threatened by habitat loss.
C. portoricensis can grow up to 6 meters and produces a yellowish-white bell shaped flower that ripens into dark green fruits.
Crescentia portoricensis can be found near stream banks or near highly moist soil in the southwestern wet forest areas of Puerto Rico.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Crescentia portoricensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
