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Cucurbita maxima, one of at least five species of cultivated squash, is one of the most diverse domesticated species. [2] This species originated in South America from the wild subspecies Cucurbita maxima subsp. andreana over 4,000 years ago. [ 3 ]
Most Cucurbita species are herbaceous vines that grow several meters in length and have tendrils, but non-vining "bush" cultivars of C. pepo and C. maxima have also been developed. The yellow or orange flowers on a Cucurbita plant are of two types: female and male.
The use of the word "pumpkin" is thought to have originated in New England in North America, derived from a word for melon, or a native word for round. The term is sometimes used interchangeably with " squash " or "winter squash", and is commonly used for some cultivars of Cucurbita argyrosperma , Cucurbita ficifolia , Cucurbita maxima ...
Pumpkins and squashes displayed in a show competition A selection of cucurbits of the South Korean Genebank in Suwon Cucurbits on display at the Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid, with the title "Variedades de calabaza" include gourds and edible species of Cucurbita and Lagenaria. The most recent classification of Cucurbitaceae delineates 15 ...
Cucurbita pepo gourds grown in a suburban garden in Australia. Gourd is occasionally used to describe crop plants in the family Cucurbitaceae, like pumpkins, cucumbers, squash, luffa, and melons. [1] More specifically, gourd refers to the fruits of plants in the two Cucurbitaceae genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita, [2] [3] or also to their hollow ...
Kabocha (/ k ə ˈ b oʊ tʃ ə /; from Japanese カボチャ, 南瓜) is a type of winter squash, a Japanese variety of the species Cucurbita maxima. It is also called kabocha squash or Japanese pumpkin [1] in North America. In Japan, "kabocha" may refer to either this squash, to the Western pumpkin, or indeed to other squashes. [2]
There's no symbol that screams Halloween more than the warm glow of an orange pumpkin. But as big a part of autumnal U.S. culture as they've become, their origins point a bit more south to Mexico.
Giant pumpkins are Cucurbita maxima, a different species from the pumpkins used for jack-o'-lanterns or pumpkin pies, which are usually C. pepo. C. maxima likely emerged from wild squash in South America near Buenos Aires. The fruits of wild Cucurbita maxima are around the size of a softball. [2]