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Taxon:  Cucurbita ficifolia Bouche



Summary
Genus:
Cucurbita
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Cucurbiteae
Nomen number:
12589
Place of publication:
Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 12:205. 1837
Verified:
02/17/2005 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Pepo ficifolia (Bouche) Britton

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucurbita melanosperma Gasp.
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Reference(s)
  1. Andres, T. C. 1990. Biosystematics, theories on the origin and breeding potential of Cucurbita ficifolia. Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae. 1990 102-119.
  2. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Cucurbita+ficifolia&quantity=1
  3. Fursa, T. B. & A. I. Filov. 1982. Cucurbitaceae (Citrullus, Cucurbita). Kul't. Flora SSSR 21:204.
  4. Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. Flora de Veracruz. 1978- http://www.ecologia.edu.mx/publicaciones/flover.htm
  5. Lira Saade, R. & S. Montes Hernández. 1994. Cucurbits (Cucurbita spp.). Neglected crops : 1492 from a different perspective. Plant Production and Protection Series No. 26. 1994 63-77. Note: FAO, Rome, Italy.
  6. Lira-Saade, R. 1995. Estudios taxonómicos y ecogeográficos de las Cucurbitaceae Latinoamericanas de importancia económica. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 9:7-8, 67-68. Note: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
  7. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  8. McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
  9. Nee, M. 1990. The domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):58, 63. Note: mentions
  10. Nuez, F. et al. 1993. Recolección de especies hortícolas en Ecuador. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 96:29-33.
  11. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  12. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  13. Sanjur, O. I. et al. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships among domesticated and wild species of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae) inferred from a mitochondrial gene: Implications for crop plant evolution and areas of origin. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99:535-540.
  14. Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 8:165. http://proseanet.org
  15. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976
  16. Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. Flora of Panama. 1943-1980
  17. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
blackseed squash –
cidra –
fig-leaf gourd –
Malabar gourd –
sidra –
French
courge à feuilles de figuier –
German
Feigenblattkürbis –
Portuguese
abóbora-chila –
Spanish
chilacayota –
chilacayote –
chiverri –
lacoyote –
silacayote –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    only cult.
6Other    probable origin South America
Cultivated (only cult.)
Other (probable origin South America)
Economic Uses
Animal food
Human food
fruit (fide Biol Cucurb 114-115. 1990) –
Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2) –


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