Name: Calabash-tree (Bahamas), Guira, Guira cimarrona, Guira comun, Guira de vaca, Guira jia, Guira larga, Guira redonda, Totuma (Cuba), Guiro, Higuero, Higuero galion, Jiguero (Dominican Republic), Calebasse, Calebasse marron, Calebassier, Higuere, Petite calebasse des bois, Petite cerise (Haiti), Calabash tree (Jamaica), Calabash, Calebassier (Lesser Antilles), Higuera, Higuero (Puerto Rico), Calabash (Virgin Isl.)
Distribution: Gambia [I]; Guinea [I]; Liberia [I]; Burkina Faso [I]; Ghana [I]; Benin [I]; Nigeria [I]; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo] [I]; Central African Republic [I]; Chad [c]; Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Taiwan [I]; India [I] (Assam [I], Delhi [I], Madhya Pradesh [I], Maharashtra [I], Tamil Nadu [I], Tripura [I], Uttar Pradesh [I], Uttarakhand [I], West Bengal [I]); Bangladesh [I]; Thailand [I]; Cambodia [I]; Vietnam [I]; Sulawesi [I]; Philippines [I]; Java [I]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [I] (Bali [I]); Moluccas [I]; New Guinea [I]; Australia [I] (Queensland [I]); New Caledonia [I]; Fiji [I]; Society Isl. [I] (Raiatea [I]); Palau [I] (Koror [I]); USA [I] (Florida [I]); Bermuda [I]; Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (Guana, Jost van Dyke, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Anguilla; St. Martin/St. Maarten; St. Barthélémy; Saba; St. Eustatius; Nevis; St. Kitts; Antigua; Barbuda; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; Grenadines; St. Vincent; Grenada; Barbados; Trinidad [I]; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Casanare, Cesar, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindío, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle); Isla Margarita; Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Aragua, Bolívar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Yaracuy, Zulia); Guyana [I]; Surinam [I]; French Guiana [I]; Ecuador [I]; Peru [I]; Bolivia [I]; Brazil [I]
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Synonyms: hidden
= Crescentia acuminata Kunth; Nov. Gen. et Sp. 3: 57 (1819)
= Crescentia angustifolia Willd. ex Seem.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 23: 20 (1860), pro syn.
= Crescentia arborea Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 81 (1838)
= Crescentia cujete var. puberula Bureau & K.Schum.; Mart., Fl. Bras. 8(2): 403 (1897)
= Crescentia cuneifolia Gardner; J. Bot. [Hooker] 2: 422 (1840)
= Crescentia fasciculata Miers; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 171 (1868)
= Crescentia latifolia Raf.; Sylva Tellur.: 81 (1838), nom. illeg.
= Crescentia plectantha Miers; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 170 (1868)
= Crescentia pumila Raf.; Sylva Tellur.: 81 (1838)
= Crescentia spathulata Miers; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 173 (1868)
