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
- AGARWAL, M. and S. CHAUHAN
- 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
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
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