Crescentia cujete: common name details from PIER

Common name/Language/Location

Common name Language Location PIER bibliographic reference Comments

botote pilche Spanish Galápagos Islands Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)

calabacero Spanish ? U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

calabasa Spanish Galápagos Islands Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)

calabash English ? U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

calabash tree English ? Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 143)

calebassier French ? U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

crescencia Spanish ? U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

gourd tree English ? Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 143)

guacal Spanish ? U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

hue tree English ? Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 49)

hue tumu ra‘au Tahitian Society Islands Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 49)

kumete Maori (Cook Islands) Rarotonga Island McCormack, Gerald (2007)

la‘amia Hawaiian Hawaiian Islands Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1376)

mate Spanish Galápagos Islands Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)

morro Spanish ? U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

‘ue Maori (Cook Islands) Rarotonga Island McCormack, Gerald (2007)

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Language Location Common name PIER bibliographic reference Comments

English ? calabash U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

English ? calabash tree Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 143)

English ? gourd tree Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 143)

English ? hue tree Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 49)

French ? calebassier U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

Hawaiian Hawaiian Islands la‘amia Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1376)

Maori (Cook Islands) Rarotonga Island kumete McCormack, Gerald (2007)

Maori (Cook Islands) Rarotonga Island ‘ue McCormack, Gerald (2007)

Spanish ? calabacero U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

Spanish ? crescencia U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

Spanish ? guacal U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

Spanish ? morro U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

Spanish Galápagos Islands botote pilche Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)

Spanish Galápagos Islands calabasa Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)

Spanish Galápagos Islands mate Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)

Tahitian Society Islands hue tumu ra‘au Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 49)

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Location Language Common name PIER bibliographic reference Comments

? English calabash U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

? English calabash tree Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 143)

? English gourd tree Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 143)

? English hue tree Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 49)

? French calebassier U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

? Spanish calabacero U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

? Spanish crescencia U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

? Spanish guacal U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

? Spanish morro U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

Galápagos Islands Spanish botote pilche Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)

Galápagos Islands Spanish calabasa Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)

Galápagos Islands Spanish mate Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)

Hawaiian Islands Hawaiian la‘amia Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1376)

Rarotonga Island Maori (Cook Islands) kumete McCormack, Gerald (2007)

Rarotonga Island Maori (Cook Islands) ‘ue McCormack, Gerald (2007)

Society Islands Tahitian hue tumu ra‘au Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 49)

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Language Common name Location PIER bibliographic reference Comments

English calabash ? U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

English calabash tree ? Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 143)

English gourd tree ? Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 143)

English hue tree ? Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 49)

French calebassier ? U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

Hawaiian la‘amia Hawaiian Islands Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1376)

Maori (Cook Islands) kumete Rarotonga Island McCormack, Gerald (2007)

Maori (Cook Islands) ‘ue Rarotonga Island McCormack, Gerald (2007)

Spanish botote pilche Galápagos Islands Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)

Spanish calabacero ? U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

Spanish calabasa Galápagos Islands Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)

Spanish crescencia ? U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

Spanish guacal ? U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

Spanish mate Galápagos Islands Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)

Spanish morro ? U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

Tahitian hue tumu ra‘au Society Islands Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 49)

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This page was created on 30 SEP 2005 by PT for PIER, and was last updated on 7 Jan 2008 by PIER.

Common name	Language	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
botote pilche	Spanish	Galápagos Islands	Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)
calabacero	Spanish	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
calabasa	Spanish	Galápagos Islands	Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)
calabash	English	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
calabash tree	English	?	Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 143)
calebassier	French	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
crescencia	Spanish	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
gourd tree	English	?	Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 143)
guacal	Spanish	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
hue tree	English	?	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 49)
hue tumu ra‘au	Tahitian	Society Islands	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 49)
kumete	Maori (Cook Islands)	Rarotonga Island	McCormack, Gerald (2007)
la‘amia	Hawaiian	Hawaiian Islands	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1376)
mate	Spanish	Galápagos Islands	Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)
morro	Spanish	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
‘ue	Maori (Cook Islands)	Rarotonga Island	McCormack, Gerald (2007)