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Cucurbita moschata is a species originating in the tropical Americas [2] which is cultivated for edible flesh, flowers, greens, and seeds. [3] It includes cultivars known in English as squash or pumpkin. Cultivars of C. moschata are generally more tolerant of hot, humid weather than squash of other domesticated species.
The pumpkins used for jack-o-lanterns are C. pepo, [178] [179] not to be confused with the ones typically used for pumpkin pie in the United States, which are C. moschata. [122] Kew Gardens marked Hallowe’en in 2013 with a display of pumpkins, including a towering pyramid made of many varieties of squash, in the Waterlily House during its ...
The Cucurbita pepo group includes other pumpkins, winter squash, summer squash, acorns, and ornamental gourds. [2] It is a fruit which is sensitive to frost. The pumpkin plant has unisexual flowers and vines and large leaves. [3] The Connecticut field pumpkin is similar to winter squash, which was grown by Native Americans in the pre-Columbian era.
Cucumis humifructus, the aardvark cucumber or aardvark pumpkin, is a kind of cucumber (family Cucurbitaceae) from southern and tropical Africa which fruits underground. It is a prostrate vine up to seven meters (22 feet) in length.
All giant pumpkins (over 300 pounds or 140 kilograms) are of this species, including the largest pumpkins ever documented, which have attained a size of 2,749.0 pounds (1,246.9 kg) as of 2023. [ 23 ] The seed of C. maxima is used in treating parasites in animals.
Pumpkins just keep getting bigger and bigger each year, and scientists and farmers don't even know how large they can get. You're not imagining it. Pumpkins just keep getting bigger and bigger ...
These 37 creative, no-carve pumpkin decorating ideas use paint, fabric, and other craft supplies to make your pumpkin for Halloween 2024 unique and memorable.
Pumpkin crops may suffer if there is a lack of water, because of temperatures below 18 °C or 65 °F, or if grown in soils that become waterlogged. Within these conditions, pumpkins are considered hardy, and even if many leaves and portions of the vine are removed or damaged, the plant can quickly grow secondary vines to replace what was removed.