Called “calabash trees” in GBIF
Crescentia is a genus of six species of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and northern South America. The species are moderate-size trees growing to 10 m (35 ft) tall, and producing large spherical fruits, with a thin, hard shell and soft pulp, up to 25 cm (10 in) in diameter.
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A tropical tree that depends on bats for pollination is failing to make fruit because invasive honeybees swarm its flowers and strip the pollen before bats ever arrive, leaving fewer than 1 in 500 flowers to bear fruit.
