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Taxon:  Cucurbita moschata Duchesne



Summary
Genus:
Cucurbita
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Cucurbiteae
Nomen number:
12601
Place of publication:
Essai sur l'Histoire Naturelle des Courges 7. 1786 (J. L. M. Poiret in F. Cuvier, Dict. sci. nat. 11:234. 1819)
Comment:
for author see Taxon 49:303-317. 2000
Verified:
06/29/2000 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
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucurbita pepo L. var. moschata Duchesne
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Reference(s)
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  2. Bailey, L. H. 1929. The domesticated Cucurbitas; first paper. Gentes Herbarum 2:105.
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  5. Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal. 1991. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 1989-1998 6:252-264.
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Common names
English
butternut pumpkin –
butternut squash –
calabaza pumpkin –
cheese pumpkin –
golden cushaw –
pumpkin –
squash –
winter crookneck squash –
English (Pakistan)
red gourd –
Spanish gourd –
squash gourd –
French
citrouille –
courge musquée –
pâtisson –
German
Bisam-Kürbis –
Moschuskürbis –
Italian
zucca torta –
Japanese Rōmaji
kikuza-kabocha –
Portuguese
abóbora-rasteira –
Spanish
auyama –
ayote –
calabaza moscada –
calabaza pellejo –
chicamita –
lacayote –
sequaloa –
zapallo –
Transcribed Chinese
nan gua –
Transcribed Korean
hobag –
Urdu (Pakistan)
halva kaddu –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    only cult.
6Other    probable origin n. Colombia
Cultivated (only cult.)
Other (probable origin n. Colombia)
Economic Uses
Human food
Medicines
folklore (fide Hamdard 38:96. 1995) –


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