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There is also beach vegetation, and areas of calabash Crescentia sp. forest.
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Today, the most common vegetation is represented by Crescentia cujete, Guazuma ulmifolia, Cassia fistula, Bursera graveolens, Spondias mombin, Bauhinia picta, Ceiba pentandra and Gliricidia sepium.
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It has some vegetation in semi-arid zones and on lands with special geologic conditions and thus some endemic vegetation can be found, such as high-density stands of Quercus oleoides, and Crescentia alata.
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Our first bowls and containers were the fruits of the Crescentia cujete, otherwise known as bottle gourds or calabashes which played a crucial role in the birth of agriculture in the Americas.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Crescentia and Haemotoxylum spp., and trees Metopium spp.,
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Our first bowls and containers were the fruits of the Crescentia cujete, otherwise known as bottle gourds or calabashes which played a crucial role in the birth of agriculture in the Americas.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Acoelorraphe wrightii and Crescentia cujeteare frequently found in more flooded areas.
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In addition to the Caribbean pine (Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis) that is characteristic of this region, there are Crescentia cujete, some species of oak (Quercus spp.), Curatella americana, Byrsonima crassifolia, and the palms Acoelorraphe and Paurotis wrightii.
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Our first bowls and containers were the fruits of the Crescentia cujete, otherwise known as bottle gourds or calabashes which played a crucial role in the birth of agriculture in the Americas.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Crescentia, taught young Vitus and converted him without his father's knowledge.
From a Terrace in Prague Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker
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