Crescentia alata

Botanical Description

Crescentia alata is a low-growing tree with an open, rounded or spreading crown; it usually grows around 8 metres tall, occasionally reaching a height of 12 metres. The short bole can be 25 - 50cm in diameter[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ , 2094 Title Bignoniaceae Part 1 (Crescentieae and Tourrettieae) Publication Flora Neotropica Monograph Vol. 25, No. 1. pp 1-130 Author Gentry A.H. Publisher The New York Botanical Garden, New York Year 1980 ISBN 0-89327-222-1 Description ]. The fruits are commonly gathered from the wild and used to make containers, cups etc. Of distinctive appearance, they are often offered for sale entire in Guatemalan markets remote from places where the trees grow naturally, to be used in household medicine[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ]. The tree is cultivated as an ornamental, and is also grown for timber[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. , 1535 Title Establishment, growth and biomass production of 10 tree woody species introduced for reforestation and ecological re Publication Forest Ecology and Management xxx (2006) xxx–xxx Author Foroughbakhch R. et al Website http://10.1016/j.foreco.2006.08.012 Publisher Year 2006 ISBN Description ]. Crescentia alata has a very wide distribution, large population, is not currently experiencing any major threats and no significant future threats have been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2019)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].