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Fruits of Zihuatanejo

Winged Calabash

Crescentia alata

-Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

-Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

-Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

-Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

-Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies (Order Lamiales)

-Bignonia Family (Family Bignoniaceae)

-Tribe Crescentieae

-Calabash Trees (Genus Crescentia)

-Winged Calabash (Crescentia alata)


Crescentia alata, variously called Mexican calabash, jícaro, morro, morrito, or winged calabash, is a plant species in the family Bignoniaceae. It is a small tree native to Mexico that produces edible seeds supposedly with the taste of licorice.

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