The species is monoecious individual flowers are either male or female, but both sexes can be found on the same plant and is pollinated by insects. Cucurbita pepo has been cultivated for its edible fruits for thousands of years and remains a crop plant of great economic importance today. Pumpkin, winter squash cucurbita pepo daves garden. The plants database includes the following 9 species of cucurbita. Cucurbita is native to the new world and produces a variety of gourds, melons, squashes vegetable marrows, and pumpkins. It yields varieties of winter squash and pumpkin, but the most widespread varieties belong to cucurbita pepo. Cucurbita elongata bean cucurbita elongata bean ex schrad. The wild precursors of domestic squashes cucurbita spp. The agricultural system in much of precolumbian america was based on squash, beans, and corn maize. It yields varieties of winter squash and pumpkin, but the most widespread varieties belong to cucurbita pepo subsp. Cucurbita definition of cucurbita by the free dictionary.
The seeds are broadly elliptical or ovate, from 15 to 23 mm. Contiene sales minerales, calcio, fosfato, vitaminas a, b y c. E una pianta annuale con fusto erbaceo flessibile strisciante o rampicante, gracile. In greenhouse, the chicken manure and the amf were applied at the rate of 3 and 5 gpot, in field they were 0. Las semillas son utilizadas como tenifugos hill, 1965. Botanists classify the cucurbita fruit as a pepo, which is a special type of berry derived from an inferior ovary, with a thick outer wall or rind with hypanthium tissue forming an exocarp around the ovary, and a fleshy interior composed of mesocarp and endocarp.
The plant stem produces tendrils to help it climb adjacent. Cucurbita pepo field pumpkin the worldwide vegetables. Many cultivars of cucurbita maxima have been developed. Calphotos cucur integrated taxonomic information system cucur jepson interchange university of california. Cucurbita, conocidas como calabazas, calabacines, auyamas, ayotes del nahuatl ayotli, zapallos solo las especies comestibles. The plant list includes a further 46 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus cucurbita. Mar 05, 2015 its really just a fancy shaped zucchini from the summer squash family cucurbita pepo.
Cucurbita pepo is a plant which has variants called pumpkin, squash, zucchini, and gourds. Pronunciation of cucurbita pepo with 2 audio pronunciations, 5 synonyms, 1 meaning, 2 translations and more for cucurbita pepo. Cucurbita pepo is a cultivated plant of the genus cucurbita. Most cucurbita species are creeping or climbing vines that are compact or semishrub with five rigid, slightly angular stems. Cucurbita clodiensis naccari, 1828 cucurbita clodiensis nocca cucurbita courgero ser. Cucurbita pepo supplement health benefits, dosage, side.
It has been domesticated in the new world for thousands of years. It is in flower from july to september, and the seeds ripen from august to october. Cucurbita pepo, is widely used like food and in folk medicine around of the world. Around the world its known as pattypan squash, granny squash, sunburst squash or custard marrow. Their robust pepo fruits were dispersed by large mammals, as revealed by intact cucurbita seeds in mastodon dung deposits. Cucurbita pepo, or common pumpkin, is a plant almost too well known to need description. The nickname pattypan squash came about because of the scalloped shape that resembles the similar shaped cake or brioche pans.
This aims a comprehensive of the pharmacological, chemical constituents, and clinical uses. It yields varieties of winter squash and pumpkin, but the most widespread varieties belong to the subspecies cucurbita pepo subsp. Genus members, like cucurbita pepo and cucurbita maxima, have been used. Cucurbita type genus of the cucurbitaceae genus cucurbita dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons in the. Cucurbita foetidissima has triangular leaves that are longer than wide and leathery, and produces a foul smell when bruised. The plants database includes the following 5 subspecies of cucurbita pepo. Cucurbita pepo seed ahpa botanical identity references. Furthermore, cucurbita is a weedy genus well suited to the mosaiclike landscapes maintained by megafauna, which offer an abundance of disturbed. Cucurbita pepo pumpkin, field pumpkin, ozark melon, texas. The term pepo is used primarily for cucurbitaceae fruits, where this fruit type is common. The shape of the fruit can be teardrop or round, and they are colored in a mottled orange. The plant list includes 121 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus cucurbita. Esta hortaliza es una planta herbacea, anual, monoica, erecta y rastrera. An extensive range of cultivars is available, including those grown to produce fruits for halloween lanterns and pumpkin pies, courgettes zucchinis, marrows, many types of squashes and ornamental gourds.
A stack of brioche tins at millys kitchen shop, ponsonby. E um genero conhecido pelas especies cultivadas no pais. Oct 03, 2019 cucurbita pepo is a plant which has variants called pumpkin, squash, zucchini, and gourds. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about pumpkin, winter squash cucurbita pepo supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles database at daves garden. It primarily consists of summer squash including crookneck var. Cucurbita pepo has roundtriangular leaves with 57 palmate lobes, and the peduncle of the developing fruit is hard and thickened at the junction of the fruit. Cucurbita synonyms, cucurbita pronunciation, cucurbita translation, english dictionary definition of cucurbita. It contains several phytoconstituents belonging to the categories of alkaloids, flavonoids, and palmitic, oleic and linoleic acids. These are primarily included because names of species rank are. Click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles. Cucurbita palmata coyote gourd cucurbita pepo field pumpkin legal status.
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