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Crescentia cujete
Calabash Tree
As recorded: Crescentia cujete L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Lamiales › Bignoniaceae
- Collected by
- Forbes, A.
- Collector number
- 30
- Date
- August 9, 1929
- Locality
- Honolulu, Kapiolani Park
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On August 9, 1929, Forbes, A. also collected 9 other specimens.
Crescentia cujete observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1929. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-06-19.
2026-06-19
Pakala Village, HI, USA
(c) J Alley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-04-21
Lahaina, HI, US
(c) cjpor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Crescentia cujete. BISH 42927. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956534488. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/42927.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956534488 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026