huaje

Spanish

Noun

huaje m (plural huajes)

1. Alternative spelling of guaje
2. any plant of the following species:
   1. Leucaena leucocephala (white popinac)
   2. Leucaena collinsii
   3. Leucaena esculenta (syn. Leucaena confusa)
   4. Lagenaria siceraria (bottle gourd)
   5. Crescentia alata (Mexican calabash)
   6. Crescentia cujete (calabash tree)

Further reading

• “huaje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• Leucaena+confusa at The Plant List