| Mexican Calabash |
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| File size | 670529 |
| Original date | 6/3/06 3:53 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 8.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/65s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Crescentia alata Family: Bignoniaceae (Jacaranda family)
Synonyms: Crescentia trifolia
Synonyms: Crescentia trifolia
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:
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.
Medicinal uses:
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. | Identification credit: J.M. Garg | Photographed in Garden of Five Senses, Delhi. |
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