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Cucurbita moschata

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

Duchesne

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Brazil
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Mexico

Natural Habitats

• Moist forest
• secondary forest.

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Mar
• Apr
• Jun
• Jul
• Sep
• Oct

Annual prostrate or climbing monoecious herbaceous 4-branched tendril vine with 5-7 lobed leaves puberulous above with whitish spots, pubescent beneath. Axillary solitary hirsute 90mm long yellow-orange flowers, large variable musky yellow berry to 20kg, 300mm long, lined longitudinally,

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• Gouldstone 1983
• Huxley 1992
• Viking 1999
• FOC
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• Welw
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• VOPR
• USNH
• Botanicus
• GBS
• FOTA