Calabash Tree – Bird Ecology Study Group

18 Oct 2017

The Calabash Tree: 2. Flowers and bees

by BESG | posted in: Bees and wasps, Plants, Videography | 0

My Calabash Tree (Crescentia cujete) has been flowering for months now LINK. A few young fruits were eventually located. Obviously there was pollination. As the flowers open in the late evening the pollinators could be either moths or bats. The … Continued

10 Oct 2017

The Calabash Tree: 1. The plant

by BESG | posted in: Plants | 4

In 2008 Tan Teo Seng brought me a fruit and a cutting of the Calabash Tree (Crescentia cujete) from his farm in Johor, Malaysia (above). I planted it in my garden and now, nine years later. it has fruited (below). … Continued