| Accepted name: |
Cucurbita pepo L. ssp. pepo |
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| English names: |
Field Pumpkin
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Violales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HCUCPEP
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
A |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
The use of the unripe fruit as a vegetable is most important, both in primitive and highly advanced agriculture. Some forms are cultivated for their seed oil; the seeds have an oil content of up to 40% and yield a good-quality oil. Also used mature as a winter squash and as a fodder plant.(1) |
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