The Versatile Calabash Tree
Calabash which were found in Belize is a small tropical evergreen tree that can not get at an altitude of more than 22 feet
. However, the calabash tree is called the "tree" in the name of "local only, not scientific, because they are technically shrubs.
The scientific name of the calabash tree Crescentia is cujete. Calabash and belongs to a family of Bignoniaceae and is known to grow in abundance in Belize. However, also found in Belize is a cousin of the Calabash tree, Crescentia scientifically called winged, which is locally known as the Mexican gourd.
It is not known out of the Calabash tree "exactly, but today it was Calabash in all regions of the tropics and can be found on growth in the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America and parts of northern of South America. became Calabash, native to much of southern Mexico and Central America, and has also been naturalized in India.
Calabash tree whose characteristics are unique in their own container of the crown and wide, but not regularly consists of a long period, and dissemination of the curvature of the branches that are able to provide shade on sunny days speckled. Leaves are simple and oval-shaped gourds, and accumulate in the contract. As a result of this growth habit is unique, the tree often becomes a substitute for the lizard, farmers plant to perch on its branches. And cultivated cujete Crescentia in gardens and lawns, and is often used to hedge.
Gourd and flower production to the next, which are green and yellow marked with purple veins on the trunk or main branches. Every night around 18 hours for the opening night and the flowers emit a strong odor unattractive to mammals to the next, and fruit bats. Fruit bats help to pollinate flowers and trees Calabash "which, by the noon hour the next day, and will be closed all dried and ready to begin their flowering cycle of night the next night.
Wood of this tree has a wide range of uses, including manufacturing the yoke of cattle, and tool handles, wooden wheels, the ribs in the field of boat building and fine strips used in the manufacture baskets and hampers
Has been planting fruit trees in Calabash "for thousands of years. Has been known to paste the Calabash fruit and used for medicinal purposes for hundreds or even thousands of years. Have used the medicinal properties of the calabash fruit for the treatment of headaches, burns and cases of the respiratory system-specific, stomach pain, cough and cold medicines, and laxatives can also be used and to help reduce blood pressure.
In addition to using the fruits of Calabash for medical purposes also used other parts of the tree doctor. It uses the invention of the calabash tree bark to clean wounds and apply crushed leaves as a poultice for headaches while demand is finely crushed leaves on wounds to stop bleeding, and wound healing .
Oval ring of tree fruit such as Calabash has a wood veneer and solid, like pumpkins. Impossible to grow fruit Calabash up to 25 cm in diameter, not much unlike the gourd vine in the Middle East and Far East. Each fruit can take up to seven months to mature. The ripe fruits are Calabash brown, and the seeds inside and surrounded by light colored pulp.
Is used shells of nuts to make Calabash a wide range of household items or filled with sand in a creative way to make musical instruments. And used as the fruits of the largest bowls or converted to helmets worn by fishermen by birds.
Was grown past civilizations have used the dried shells and hardening of the green fruit of the Calabash to do the dishes and kitchen utensils such as spoons, for about as long as the fruit itself as a viable source food.
You can find souvenir shops in Belize show and sell a wide range of objects made from Calabash fruit. Products made from the Calabash tree make great memories and are generally not very expensive.
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