arrowroot vs black-calabash

Thalia geniculata compared with Amphitecna latifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	arrowroot	black-calabash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Thaliacea (Thaliacea)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Salpida (Salpida)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Salpidae	Bignoniaceae
Genus	Thalia	Amphitecna
Species	Thalia geniculata	Amphitecna latifolia

Conservation Status

arrowroot

LC — Least Concern

black-calabash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	arrowroot	black-calabash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

arrowroot

Habitat

Native to Africa and Asia and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

black-calabash

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

arrowroot

The Arrowroot, Thalia geniculata, is a species. It is currently assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to Africa and Asia and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

black-calabash

The Black-calabash (Amphitecna latifolia) is a species in the genus Amphitecna. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇺 Cuba