Cucurbita pepo

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Cucurbita pepo

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Description

Plant, including leaves, rigid or scabrous, in certain cultivated varieties bushy and not trailing. Flowers: Fruit small, medium or very large, smooth, sometimes costate or verrucate; Seeds variable in size, 7-25 mm long.

Distribution

Cultivated.

Taxonomy

Here belong the non-trailing suberect ‘bushy’ growing (Italian) ‘courgette’ or ‘zucchini’, nowadays a popular vegetable in Europe, and also the flat ‘scallop’ or ‘patison’. See further Jeffrey (2001), and Goldman (2004).

Citation

A.Goldman 2004: Complete Squash: 103

W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes – In: Sandakania: 61

C.Jeffrey 2001 – In: Hanelt, Mansfeld’s encycl. agric. hort. crops 3: 1547

Keraudren 1975 – In: Aubrév. & J.-F.Leroy, Fl. Cambodge, Laos & Vietnam 15: 105

Cogn. 1881 – In: A.DC. & C.DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 545

C.B.Clarke 1879 – In: Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 2: 622