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The yellow or orange flowers on a Cucurbita plant are of two types: female and male. The female flowers produce the fruit and the male flowers produce pollen. Many North and Central American species are visited by specialist bee pollinators, but other insects with more general feeding habits, such as honey bees, also visit.
[16] [17] A 1989 study on the origins and development of C. pepo suggested that the original wild specimen was a small round fruit and that the modern pumpkin is its direct descendant. This investigation proposed that the crookneck, ornamental gourd, and scallop are early variants, and that the acorn is a cross between the scallop and pumpkin. [8]
Many monocots produce scent to attract pollinators but perhaps not as many as those that produce nectar. [1] [19] A bee orchid, Ophrys, mimics a female bee as a false reward. Most zoophilous monocots produce nectar as a reward and this nectar is alike to nectar of dicots. [1] [19] [20] [21] Carpellary septal nectaries are common and unique to ...
The flowers are unisexual, with male and female flowers on different plants or on the same plant . The female flowers have inferior ovaries . The fruit is often a kind of modified berry called a pepo .
Every year, about 1.3 billion pumpkins are thrown in the trash in the United States. However, carved, whole, and cooked pumpkins and pumpkin plants are completely compostable.
Pumpkin seeds, also known as pepitas, are edible and nutrient-rich. They are about 1.5 cm (0.5 in) long, flat, asymmetrically oval, light green in color and usually covered by a white husk, although some pumpkin varieties produce seeds without them. Pumpkin seeds are a popular snack that can be found hulled or semi-hulled at grocery stores.
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.
1. Sam’s Club. Crust: 8 out of 10. Filling: 7 out of 10. Size: 58 ounces. Price: $6. This is the Goldilocks of pumpkin pies. Everything is just right: the amount of spices in the filling, the ...