Esta hortaliza es una planta herbacea, anual, monoica, erecta y rastrera. Cucurbita pepo, or common pumpkin, is a plant almost too well known to need description. It yields varieties of winter squash and pumpkin, but the most widespread varieties belong to cucurbita pepo. Cucurbita elongata bean cucurbita elongata bean ex schrad.
Botanists classify the cucurbita fruit as a pepo, which is a special type of berry derived from an inferior ovary, with a thick outer wall or rind with hypanthium tissue forming an exocarp around the ovary, and a fleshy interior composed of mesocarp and endocarp. Cucurbita definition of cucurbita by the free dictionary. Remnants of it emerged in florida in 0 bce, southern mexico in 8000 bce and in illinois around 5000 bce because of the noticeable change in seed size and other farming differences, researchers know that the cucurbita pepo was being cultivated in southern and northern mexico by at. Mar 05, 2015 its really just a fancy shaped zucchini from the summer squash family cucurbita pepo.
Cucurbita foetidissima has triangular leaves that are longer than wide and leathery, and produces a foul smell when bruised. It has been domesticated in the new world for thousands of years. Their robust pepo fruits were dispersed by large mammals, as revealed by intact cucurbita seeds in mastodon dung deposits. The nickname pattypan squash came about because of the scalloped shape that resembles the similar shaped cake or brioche pans. Click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Cucurbita clodiensis naccari, 1828 cucurbita clodiensis nocca cucurbita courgero ser. Cucurbita pepo is a plant which has variants called pumpkin, squash, zucchini, and gourds. Cucurbita, conocidas como calabazas, calabacines, auyamas, ayotes del nahuatl ayotli, zapallos solo las especies comestibles. Cucurbita pepo seed ahpa botanical identity references. Click below on a thumbnail map or name for subspecies profiles.
Cucurbita is native to the new world and produces a variety of gourds, melons, squashes vegetable marrows, and pumpkins. Cucurbita pepo supplement health benefits, dosage, side. Las semillas son utilizadas como tenifugos hill, 1965. The term pepo is used primarily for cucurbitaceae fruits, where this fruit type is common. Cucurbita pepo has roundtriangular leaves with 57 palmate lobes, and the peduncle of the developing fruit is hard and thickened at the junction of the fruit. The plant list includes 121 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus cucurbita. It primarily consists of summer squash including crookneck var. The agricultural system in much of precolumbian america was based on squash, beans, and corn maize. The seeds are broadly elliptical or ovate, from 15 to 23 mm. The shape of the fruit can be teardrop or round, and they are colored in a mottled orange. Around the world its known as pattypan squash, granny squash, sunburst squash or custard marrow. E una pianta annuale con fusto erbaceo flessibile strisciante o rampicante, gracile. We do not intend the plant list to be complete for names of infraspecific rank.
Contiene sales minerales, calcio, fosfato, vitaminas a, b y c. The species is monoecious individual flowers are either male or female, but both sexes can be found on the same plant and is pollinated by insects. Pronunciation of cucurbita pepo with 2 audio pronunciations, 5 synonyms, 1 meaning, 2 translations and more for cucurbita pepo. Cucurbita synonyms, cucurbita pronunciation, cucurbita translation, english dictionary definition of cucurbita. Cucurbita palmata coyote gourd cucurbita pepo field pumpkin legal status. The plant list includes a further 46 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus cucurbita. Cucurbita pepo field pumpkin the worldwide vegetables. Cucurbita pepo pumpkin, field pumpkin, ozark melon, texas. Cucurbita pepo has been cultivated for its edible fruits for thousands of years and remains a crop plant of great economic importance today. The plants database includes the following 5 subspecies of cucurbita pepo.
In greenhouse, the chicken manure and the amf were applied at the rate of 3 and 5 gpot, in field they were 0. It yields varieties of winter squash and pumpkin, but the most widespread varieties belong to the subspecies cucurbita pepo subsp. Most cucurbita species are creeping or climbing vines that are compact or semishrub with five rigid, slightly angular stems. These are primarily included because names of species rank are. The plant stem produces tendrils to help it climb adjacent. E um genero conhecido pelas especies cultivadas no pais. Cucurbita type genus of the cucurbitaceae genus cucurbita dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons in the. It yields varieties of winter squash and pumpkin, but the most widespread varieties belong to cucurbita pepo subsp. The plants database includes the following 9 species of cucurbita. A stack of brioche tins at millys kitchen shop, ponsonby.
Furthermore, cucurbita is a weedy genus well suited to the mosaiclike landscapes maintained by megafauna, which offer an abundance of disturbed. The wild precursors of domestic squashes cucurbita spp. Cucurbita moschata is a species originating in either central america or northern south america. This aims a comprehensive of the pharmacological, chemical constituents, and clinical uses. It is in flower from july to september, and the seeds ripen from august to october. An extensive range of cultivars is available, including those grown to produce fruits for halloween lanterns and pumpkin pies, courgettes zucchinis, marrows, many types of squashes and ornamental gourds. Pumpkin, winter squash cucurbita pepo daves garden. They also generally display a greater resistance to disease and insects, especially to the squash vine borer. Genus members, like cucurbita pepo and cucurbita maxima, have been used. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about pumpkin, winter squash cucurbita pepo supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles database at daves garden. It contains several phytoconstituents belonging to the categories of alkaloids, flavonoids, and palmitic, oleic and linoleic acids. Cucurbita pepo is widely used as food and herbal remedies around the world. Cucurbita pepo is a cultivated plant of the genus cucurbita. Cucurbita pepo is the earliest form of squash discovered.
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