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Cucurbita moschata

(Butternut Squash)

Overview

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Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Afrikaans:

Pampoen

Common Names in Arabic:

Karr Misky (Egypt), Qar´ Miskî, Qar´miski

Common Names in Chinese:

Fan Gua Teng, Fan Nan Gua, Jin Dong Gua, Nan Gua, Nan Gua (Medicinal Name)

Common Names in Danish:

Kroghals, Krumhalsgræskar, Moskusgræskar

Common Names in Dutch:

Pompoen

Common Names in English:

Butternut Squash, Ayote, Calabaza, Calabaza Pumpkin, Canada Pumpkin, Cheese Pumpkin, China Crook-Neck Squash, Crookneck Pumpkin, Crookneck Squash, Crookneck Winter Squash, Cuban Pumpkin, Cushaw Squash, Golden Cushaw, Japanese Pumpkin, Lacayote, Melon Squash, Musky Gourd, Musky Pumpkin, Musky Squash, Musky Winter Squash, Pumpkin, Seminole Pumpkin, Squash, West Indian Pumpkin, Winter Crookneck Squash, Winter Squash, Winter Straightneck Squash, Zapallo

Common Names in Estonian:

Muskuskõrvits

Common Names in French:

Citrouille, Courge Bédouine (Morocco), Courge De Chypre, Courge Muscade (Switzerland), Courge Musquée, Pâtisson

Common Names in German:

Bisam-Kürbis, Bisamkürbis, Moschus-Kürbis, Moschuskürbis, Moschuskuerbis, Speisekürbis

Common Names in Greek:

Kolokynthi I Moschomos

Common Names in Hebrew:

Delaat, Delaat Hagina

Common Names in Hindi:

Miithaa Kadduu, Sitaphal, सीताफल

Common Names in Hungarian:

Pézsmatök

Common Names in Italian:

Zucca Moscata, Zucca Torta

Common Names in Japanese:

Kabotcha, Nihon Kabotcha

Common Names in Korean:

Hipak

Common Names in Malay:

Labu Ambon, Labu Kestéla, Labu Lemak (Singapore), Labu Mérah, Labu Manis, Labu Parang, Labu Tukai (Singapore), Waluh

Common Names in Nahuatl:

Tamalayotl

Common Names in Norwegian:

Muskatgraskar

Common Names in Pakistan:

Halva Kaddu, Red Gourd, Spanish Gourd, Squash Gourd

Common Names in Polish:

Dynia Pizmowa

Common Names in Portuguese:

Abóbora-Rasteira

Common Names in Russian:

Muskatnaja Tykva, Tykva Muskatnaia, мускатная тыква

Common Names in Spanish:

Auyama, Auyama (Panama To Venezuela), Ayote, Ayote (Guatemala To Costa Rica), Calabaza, Calabaza (Argentina), Calabaza De Castilla (Mexico), Calabaza De Chipre, Calabaza Moscada, Calabaza Pellejo, Chicamita, Colombia), Joko (Bolivia), Lacayote, Lacayote (Peru), Peru), Sequaloa, Tamalayota (Mexico, Zapallo, Zapallo (Ecuador

Common Names in Swedish:

Bisampumpa

Common Names in Tamil:

Sura Kai

Common Names in Thai:

Fak Thong

Description

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Family Cucurbitaceae

The Cucurbitaceae are mostly prostrate or climbing herbaceous annuals comprising about 90 genera and 700 species that are further characterized by commonly having 5-angled stems and coiled tendrils . The leaves are alternate and usually palmately 5-lobed or divided ; stipules are absent. The flowers are actinomorphic and nearly always unisexual . The perianth has a short to prolonged epigynous zone that bears a calyx of 3-6 segments or lobes and 3-6 petals or more frequently a 3-6-lobed sympetalous corolla. The androecium is highly variable, consisting of basically 5 distinct to completely connate stamens that frequently are twisted, folded or reduced in number. The gynoecium consists of a single compound pistil of 2-5 carpels, generally with one style and as many style branches or major stigma lobes as carpels, and an inferior ovary with one locule and usually numerous ovules on 2-5 parietal placentae or 3 locules with numerous ovules on axile placentae. The fruit is a type of berry called a pepo . -- Gerald Carr.

Genus Cucurbita

Annual or perennial herbs. Stem angular, hispid or hairy . Tendrils branched, mostly 2-4-fid. Leaves petiolate , ovate , generally 5-lobed, base cordate, hirsute or scabrescent. Flowers large, yellow, solitary; monoecious. Male flowers rarely fascicled. Calyx campanulate , lobes 5, subulate , spathulate or leafy. Corolla campanulate, shallowly 5-lobed, lobes usually recurved. Stamens 3, inserted low on the calyx tube. Filaments free , anthers linear and connate , one monothecous and two dithecous; connectives not produced . Pistillode absent. Female flowers shortly pedunculate . Ovary oblong , style simple , short, stigmas 3(5), papillose , ovules many, horizontal. Fruit fleshy , indehiscent, many-seeded. Seeds ovate or oblong, smooth , marginate or emarginate .

A genus of about 20 species, 15 are American, while 5 species are cultivated throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Represented in Pakistan by 2 cultivated species.[1]

Physical Description

Habit: Vine , Forb/herb

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 8-10' tall.

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,859 meters (0 to 6,099 feet).[2]

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Growth

Culture: Space 36-48" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 7.8

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Pepo moschata (Duchesne Ex Lam.) Britt.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Cucurbita

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 966 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

C. acutangula (Singkwa Towel Gourd) · C. argyrosperma (Cushaw) · C. argyrosperma argyrosperma (Cultivated Cushaw) · C. argyrosperma sororia (Wild Cushaw) · C. argyrosperma var. callicarpa (Japanese Pie Pumpkin) · C. argyrosperma var. palmeri (Wild Mexican Cushaw) · C. argyrosperma var. stenosperma (Cultivated Cushaw) · C. argyrosperma 'Veracruz Pepita' (Winter Squash) · C. digitata (Finger Leaf Gourd) · C. ficifolia (Figleaf Gourd) · C. ficifolia 'Chilacayote White' (Winter Squash) · C. foetidissima (Buffalo Gourd) · C. hispida (Winter Melon) · C. maxima (Winter Squash) · C. maxima var. maxima (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'Akehime' (Winter Squash - Kabocha) · C. maxima 'Aladdin's Red Turban' (Gourd) · C. maxima 'All Season' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Ambercup' (Kabocha) · C. maxima 'Amber Star' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Anna Swartz Hubbard' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Arikara' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Australian Butter' (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'Autumn Gold' (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'Autumn King' (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'Autumn Pride' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Baby Blue' (Hubbard Squash) · C. maxima 'Baby Delica' (Japanese) · C. maxima 'Banana' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Big Autumn' (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'Big Max' (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'Big Moon' (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'Bitterroot Buttercup' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Black Angel' (Oriental) · C. maxima 'Black Night' (Oriental) · C. maxima 'Black Ninja' (Oriental) · C. maxima 'Black Prince' (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'Blue Ballet' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Blue Banana' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Blue Buttercup' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Blue Hubbard' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Blue Kuri' (Japanese) · C. maxima 'Blue Magic' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Bonbon' (Hybrid Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Boston Marrow' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Bungkan' (Oriental) · C. maxima 'Burgess Buttercup' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Bushkin' (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'Bush Buttercup' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Buttercup' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Butter Belle' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Casper' (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'Cha-Cha' (Kabocha) · C. maxima 'Charisma' (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'Chestnut' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Chicago Warted' (Hubbard Squash) · C. maxima 'Chicago Warted Hubbard' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Chirimen' (Winter Squash - Kubocha) · C. maxima 'Connecticut Field' (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'Cotton Candy' (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'Crown' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Crown Prince' (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'Delica' (Japanese) · C. maxima 'Delicious' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Dependable' (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'Devil Night' (Oriental) · C. maxima 'Dill's Atlantic Giant' (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'Dream' (Oriental) · C. maxima 'Early Autumn' (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'Eastern Rise' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Emerald Bush Buttercup' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Essex Turban' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Fairy' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Fat Albert' (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'First Prize' (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'First Taste' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Flat White Boer' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Frosty' (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'Full Moon' (Pumpkin/winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Furor' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Galeux D'eysines' (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'Gele Reuzen' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Georgia Candy Roaster' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'German' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Ghost Rider' (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'Giant Show King Squash' (Summer Squash) · C. maxima 'Golden Delicious' (Hubbard Squash) · C. maxima 'Golden Hubbard' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Golden Ma Ma 064' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Golden Osprey' (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'Gold Bullion' (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'Gold Dust' (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'Gold Fever' (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'Gold Gem' (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'Gold Medallion' (Pumpkin/winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Gold Medal' (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'Gold Nuggett' (Winter Squash) · C. maxima 'Gold Rush' (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'Gold Standard' (Pumpkin) · C. maxima 'Gold Strike' (Pumpkin)

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Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. S. Nazimuddin and S. Shaharyar H. Haqvi "Cucurbita". in Flora of Pakistan Page 48. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  2. Mean = 326.450 meters (1,071.030 feet), Standard Deviation = 635.100 based on 143 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 2012-04-18