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Amphitecna latifolia
3-665.65.03Synonymes: Enallagma latifolia, Dendrosicus latifolius, Crescentia latifolia
English: Black Calabash, Jicarillo, Savanna Calabash.
Region: Costa Rica.
Botany: tree, ± 6 m; drought tolerant, hardy; stem irregular, bent, twisting, angular, light; leaves simple, alternate, ovoid, thick, stiff, waxy, glossy, dark green; flowers solitary, large, white, four thick petals fused into a bent and angular corolla tube; green calyx, fused; stamens 5, long, black-anthered; pistil central, throughout the entire year; fruits large, ovoid, indehiscent, green pods, smooth, glossy texture, white fleshy pulp, several black seeds; bat pollinated.
English: Black Calabash, Jicarillo, Savanna Calabash.
Region: Costa Rica.
Botany: tree, ± 6 m; drought tolerant, hardy; stem irregular, bent, twisting, angular, light; leaves simple, alternate, ovoid, thick, stiff, waxy, glossy, dark green; flowers solitary, large, white, four thick petals fused into a bent and angular corolla tube; green calyx, fused; stamens 5, long, black-anthered; pistil central, throughout the entire year; fruits large, ovoid, indehiscent, green pods, smooth, glossy texture, white fleshy pulp, several black seeds; bat pollinated.