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• Crescentia_alata abstract "Crescentia alata (variously called Mexican Calabash, Jicaro, Morrito, Winged Calabash ) is a species in the trumpet-flower family Bignoniaceae, native to southern Mexico and Central America south to Costa Rica.It is a small tree growing to 8 m tall. It has hard, cannonball-like fruit 7–10 cm diameter, that are difficult to break into. It is believed that these fruit characteristics evolved as a defense mechanism against seed predation. However, it seems to be a counter-productive strategy, as the seeds inside the fruits never germinate unless the fruits are broken open, and with the exception of horses and humans, no animals break open the fruits.It has been observed that domestic horses may smash the fruit with their hooves and eat the pulp and seeds (suggesting that they may serve as seed distribution vectors).Daniel Janzen suggested that Gomphotheres (extinct elephant-like animals) may have previously been responsible for the dispersal of C. alata seeds. With their extinction, C. alata became threatened with the possibility of habitat loss and suffered an extremely limited ability to migrate, but the introduction of a new vector, in the form of domestic horses, has allowed the species to maintain its viability. C. alata is, not surprisingly, most often found in open areas, such as pastures and fields. It is also cultivated for its gourd-like fruits, which may be hollowed and dried and used as containers for food and drink.The fruit plays a role in the Popol Vuh (book of myths of the Mayan civilization). After the first generation of hero twins, 1 Hunajpu and 7 Hunajpu, fail and are killed in the ball game in Xibalba, the demonic Xibalbans hang their skull in this tree. This is presumably a mythic justification for the resemblance of the fruit to skulls and the carrion smell of the tree in flower (scientifically justified because it is pollinated by flies). The skull later spits in the hand of the Xibalban princess Ixquic, thus impregnating her and begetting the second, successful generation of Maya Hero Twins.The seeds are edible and high in protein with a licorice-like sweet taste, used in Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua to make a kind of horchata called Semilla de Jicaro.".
• Crescentia_alata binomialAuthority Carl_Sigismund_Kunth.
• Crescentia_alata class Eudicots.
• Crescentia_alata division Flowering_plant.
• Crescentia_alata family Bignoniaceae.
• Crescentia_alata genus Crescentia.
• Crescentia_alata kingdom Plant.
• Crescentia_alata order Asterids.
• Crescentia_alata order Lamiales.
• Crescentia_alata thumbnail Crescentia_alata_Blanco2.327-cropped.jpg?width=300.
• Crescentia_alata wikiPageExternalLink taxon.pl?12207.
• Crescentia_alata wikiPageID "4363468".
• Crescentia_alata wikiPageRevisionID "587118001".
• Crescentia_alata binomial "Crescentia alata".
• Crescentia_alata binomialAuthority Carl_Sigismund_Kunth.
• Crescentia_alata familia Bignoniaceae.
• Crescentia_alata genus "Crescentia".
• Crescentia_alata hasPhotoCollection Crescentia_alata.
• Crescentia_alata ordo Lamiales.
• Crescentia_alata regnum Plant.
• Crescentia_alata species "C. alata".
• Crescentia_alata unrankedClassis Eudicots.
• Crescentia_alata unrankedDivisio Flowering_plant.
• Crescentia_alata unrankedOrdo Asterids.
• Crescentia_alata subject Category:Crescentia.
• Crescentia_alata subject Category:Trees_of_Belize.
• Crescentia_alata subject Category:Trees_of_Costa_Rica.
• Crescentia_alata subject Category:Trees_of_El_Salvador.
• Crescentia_alata subject Category:Trees_of_Guatemala.
• Crescentia_alata subject Category:Trees_of_Honduras.
• Crescentia_alata subject Category:Trees_of_Nicaragua.
• Crescentia_alata subject Category:Trees_of_Southern_Mexico.
• Crescentia_alata type LivingThing100004258.
• Crescentia_alata type Object100002684.
• Crescentia_alata type Organism100004475.
• Crescentia_alata type PhysicalEntity100001930.
• Crescentia_alata type Plant100017222.
• Crescentia_alata type Tree113104059.
• Crescentia_alata type TreesOfBelize.
• Crescentia_alata type TreesOfCostaRica.
• Crescentia_alata type TreesOfElSalvador.
• Crescentia_alata type TreesOfGuatemala.
• Crescentia_alata type TreesOfHonduras.
• Crescentia_alata type TreesOfNicaragua.
• Crescentia_alata type TreesOfSouthernMexico.
• Crescentia_alata type VascularPlant113083586.
• Crescentia_alata type Whole100003553.
• Crescentia_alata type WoodyPlant113103136.
• Crescentia_alata type Eukaryote.
• Crescentia_alata type Plant.
• Crescentia_alata type Species.
• Crescentia_alata type Organism.
• Crescentia_alata comment "Crescentia alata (variously called Mexican Calabash, Jicaro, Morrito, Winged Calabash ) is a species in the trumpet-flower family Bignoniaceae, native to southern Mexico and Central America south to Costa Rica.It is a small tree growing to 8 m tall. It has hard, cannonball-like fruit 7–10 cm diameter, that are difficult to break into. It is believed that these fruit characteristics evolved as a defense mechanism against seed predation.".
• Crescentia_alata label "Crescentia alata".
• Crescentia_alata label "Crescentia alata".
• Crescentia_alata label "十字葉蒲瓜樹".
• Crescentia_alata sameAs Crescentia_alata.
• Crescentia_alata sameAs m.0bz921.
• Crescentia_alata sameAs Q5184448.
• Crescentia_alata sameAs Q5184448.
• Crescentia_alata sameAs Crescentia_alata.
• Crescentia_alata wasDerivedFrom Crescentia_alata?oldid=587118001.
• Crescentia_alata depiction Crescentia_alata_Blanco2.327-cropped.jpg.
• Crescentia_alata isPrimaryTopicOf Crescentia_alata.