Taxon: Cucurbita moschata Duchesne Genus: Cucurbita
Family: Cucurbitaceae.
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).
Comments: for author see Taxon 49:303-317. 2000.
Name verified on: 29-Jun-2000 by Systematic Botany Laboratory. Last updated: 02-Mar-2006.
Species priority site is: Plant Gene Resources of Canada (PGRC). 2 accessions (by country).


Common names:

• butternut squash (Source: Econ Bot 44:63. 1990)
  
• calabaza pumpkin (Source: Prog Cucurb Genet Br)
  
• cheese pumpkin (Source: Gent Herb 2:105.1929)
  
• golden cushaw (Source: Econ Bot 44:63. 1990)
  
• pumpkin (Source: World Econ Pl )
  
• squash (Source: World Econ Pl )
  
• winter crookneck squash (Source: Econ Bot 4:61. 1950)
  
• citrouille (Source: Dict Rehm ) [French]
  
• courge musquée (Source: L PlCulCNames ) [French]
  
• pâtisson (Source: Pl GR Newsl ) [French]
  
• Moschuskürbis (Source: Dict Rehm ) [German]
  
• halva kaddu (Source: Hamdard 38:96. 1995) [Pakistan]
  
• red gourd (Source: Hamdard 38:96. 1995) [Pakistan]
  
• spanish gourd (Source: Hamdard 38:96. 1995) [Pakistan]
  
• squash gourd (Source: Hamdard 38:96. 1995) [Pakistan]
  
• abóbora-rasteira (Source: Dict Rehm ) [Portuguese]
  
• ayote (Source: Dict Rehm ) [Spanish]
  
• calabaza moscada (Source: Dict Rehm ) [Spanish]
  
• calabaza pellejo (Source: F NGalicia ) [Spanish]
  
• chicamita (Source: F NGalicia ) [Spanish]
  
• lacayote (Source: Names Soukup ) [Spanish]
  
• sequaloa (Source: F NGalicia ) [Spanish]
  
• See MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts.

Economic importance:

• Human food: fruit (used as vegetable fide Food Feed Crops US; Hamdard 38:96. 1995)
  
• Medicines: folklore (fide Hamdard 38:96. 1995)
  

Distributional range: Native:

• Asia-Temperate: Azerbaijan; Uzbekistan
• Europe: Russian Federation - Leningrad

Other:

• only in cult.

References:

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• A. Larsen et al., eds. 1992. Association of Official Seed Analysts Handbook 25. (AOSA Hb 25)
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• D. S. Decker-Walters et al. 1990. Genealogy and gene flow among annual domesticated species of Cucurbita. In: Canad. J. Bot. 68:783.
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• Fursa & Filov. 1982. Cultivated flora of USSR. (CultF USSR) 21:189.
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• M. Nee. 1990. The domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae). In: Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):58, 63.
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• R. E. Woodson & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama. (F Panama)
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• Nuez, F. et al. 1993. Recolección de especies hortícolas en Ecuador. In: Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 96:29-33.
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• M. H. Porcher et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND). (Pl Names)
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• H. S. Paris. 2000. First two publications by Duchesne of Cucurbita moschata (Cucurbitaceae). In: Taxon 49:303-317. [regarding authorship].
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• J. H. Wiersema & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference. (World Econ Pl)
  

Synonyms:

• Cucurbita pepo var. moschata Duchesne
  

Check other databases for Cucurbita moschata:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)