Cucurbita moschata

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Cucurbita moschata

Description

Plants including leaves pubescent, not scabrous. Fruit (depressed) globose, elongated or flask-shaped, often shallowly furrowed (sulcate) from apex to base of fruiting pedicel; Seeds variable in size, 10-15(-20) mm long.

Distribution

Widely cultivated.

Notes

Cucurbita moschata is the most heat-tolerating species and found most frequently in the lowlands.

Citation

C.Jeffrey 2001 – In: Hanelt, Mansfeld’s encycl. agric. hort. crops 3: 1545
Keraudren 1975 – In: Aubrév. & J.-F.Leroy, Fl. Cambodge, Laos & Vietnam 15: 104
Paris 2000 – In: Taxon: 316
Backer 1964 – In: Backer & Bakh.f., Fl. Java 1: 305
W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes – In: Sandakania: 61