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Taxon:  Cucurbita maxima Duchesne



Summary
Genus:
Cucurbita
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Cucurbiteae
Nomen number:
12597
Place of publication:
Essai sur l'Histoire Naturelle des Courges 7. 1786 Aug-Sep? (J. B. A. P. M. de Lamarck, Encycl. 2:151. 1786 Oct)
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
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne subsp. andreana (Naudin) Filov (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne subsp. maxima (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
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Common names
English
great pumpkin –
pumpkin –
red gourd –
squash –
winter squash –
German
Reisen-Kürbis –
Speise-Kürbis –
Italian
zucca –
Spanish (Peru)
zapallo –
Swedish
jättepumpa –
Transcribed Chinese
sun gua –
Urdu (Pakistan)
halva kaddu –
mitha kaddu –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina c. & n.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaUruguay  
2Cultivated    widely cult.
Native
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina (c. & n.), Uruguay
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodfruit Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Medicinesfolklorefide Herbs Commerce ed2; Hamdard 38:97. 1995McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Socialreligious/secularfor HalloweenMabberley, D. J. 2008. Mabberley's plant-book: a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses, ed. 3 236. Note: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=12597. Accessed 29 April 2025.