Jícaro, Crescentia cujete, like C. alata, is a recognized species due to its usefulness for making bowls. In addition, there are several studies that show that it’s useful to fight diseases caused by fungi. Like C. alata, C cujete is an important species for scientific research due to its diverse utilities for the human being and the ecosystem.
PDF, Articles, Books on Crescentia cujete
- 2015
- Anti-mycobacterial potential of Crescentia cujete (Bignoniaceae). International Journal of Advanced Research in Botany. Vol. 1, No. 1. Pages 1-9.
Available Online:
www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijarb/v1-i1/1.pdf
- 2011
- The chemical constituents of calabash (Crescentia cujete). African Journal of Biotechnology. Vol. 10, No. 84. Pages 19631-19636.
Available Online:
www.academicjournals.org/article/article1380972423_Ejelonu%20et%20al.pdf
- 2011
- Química y biología del extracto etanólico del epicarpio de Crescentia cujete L. (totumo). Rev. Cubana Plant Med. Vol. 16, No. 4. Pages 337-346.
Available Online:
http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1028-47962011000400005
- 1995
- Floral scent in bat-pollinated plants: a case of convergent evolution. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. No. 199. Pages 45-47.
Available Online:
https://watermark.silverchair.com/j.1095-8339.1995.tb00728.x.pdf...
- 2004
- Crescentia cujete L. Instituto de Ecología, Xalapa, Veracruz México. Pages 426-428.
Available Online:
https://rngr.net/publications/ttsm/species/PDF.2004-01-12.1046/at_download/file
Suggested webpages with photos and information on Crescentia cujete
http://orton.catie.ac.cr/repdoc/A0009s/A0009s145.pdf
Information.
www.arbolesornamentales.es/Crescentiacujete.htm
Information.
www.medicinatradicionalmexicana.unam.mx/monografia.php?l=3&t=Crescentia%20cujete&id=7659
Information.
http://eol.org/pages/578228/overview
Photos and map location.
http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Crescentia+cujete
Information and photos.
www.gbif.org/species/5415081
Map location.
www.tropicaldesigns.com/tta6.html
Photos and information.
First posted, January 2018