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Calabach
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Endangered (ESA)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Bignoniaceae
Genus:	Crescentia
Species:	C. portoricensis
Binomial name
Crescentia portoricensis Britton

Crescentia portoricensis, commonly known as Higüero De Sierra in Spanish or Calabach in English, is a species of plant in the family Bignoniaceae. It is a perennial evergreen shrub endemic to Puerto Rico. It is threatened by habitat loss. C. portoricensis can grow up to 6 meters and produces a yellowish-white bell shaped flower that ripens into dark green fruits.

Habitat

Crescentia portoricensis can be found near stream banks or near highly moist soil in the southwestern wet forest areas of Puerto Rico.

References

1. Gann, G.D. (2024). "Crescentia portoricensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T212051576A253646757. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
2. ^ "Crescentia portoricensis". CPC National Collection Plant Profiles. Center for Plant Conservation. Archived from the original on 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
3. USDA PLANTS profile

External links

• Data related to Crescentia portoricensis at Wikispecies

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• IUCN Red List critically endangered species
• ESA endangered species
• Crescentia
• Endemic flora of Puerto Rico
• Trees of Puerto Rico
• Endangered flora of North America
• Endangered flora of the United States
• Bignoniaceae stubs