Taxon:  Cucurbita moschata Duchesne



Summary
Genus:
Cucurbita
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Cucurbiteae
Nomen number:
12601
Place of publication:
Essai sur l'Histoire Naturelle des Courges 7.  1786 (J. L. M. Poiret in F. Cuvier, Dict. sci. nat. 11:234.  1819)
Comment:
for author see Taxon 49:303-317. 2000
Verified:
06/29/2000 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucurbita pepo L. var. moschata Duchesne

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Reference(s)
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  17. IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
  18. Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
  19. Kates, H. R. et al. 2017. Evolutionary and domestication history of Cucurbita (pumpkin and squash) species inferred from 44 nuclear loci. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 111:98-109. Note: Cucurbita moschata was represented by 9 samples from its extended geograhic distribution; this study recover all samples in a well-supported clade but without geographic pattern; C. moschata was resolved with strong support sister to C. argyrosperma
  20. Kawaide, T. 1985. Utilization of rootstocks in Cucurbits production in Japan. Jap. Agric. Res. Quart. 18:285-288.
  21. Leiva González, S. et al. 2015. Cucurbitáceas utilizadas como alimentos en el Perú prehispánico. Arnaldoa 22:439-478.
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  35. Wessel-Beaver, L. 2000. Evidence for the center of diversity of Cucurbita moschata in Colombia. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rep. 23:54-55.
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Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English butternut pumpkin 1 Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English butternut squash 1 Nee, M. 1990. The domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):58, 63.
English calabaza pumpkin 1 Andres, T. C. 2004. Diversity in tropical pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata): a review of infraspecific classifications. Progress in cucurbit genetics and breeding research. Proceedings of Cucurbitaceae 2004, the 8th EUCARPIA Meeting on cucurbit genetics and breeding 107-112.
English cheese pumpkin 1 Bailey, L. H. 1929. The domesticated Cucurbitas; first paper. Gentes Herbarum 2:105.
English golden cushaw 1 Nee, M. 1990. The domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):58, 63.
English pumpkin 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English squash 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English winter crookneck squash 1 Nee, M. 1990. The domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):58, 63.
English (Pakistan) red gourd 2 Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
English (Pakistan) Spanish gourd 2 Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
English (Pakistan) squash gourd 2 Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
French citrouille 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French courge musquée 2 Demilly, D. et al. 1996. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6. Note: GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France
French pâtisson 2 Nuez, F. et al. 1993. Recolección de especies hortícolas en Ecuador. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 96:29-33.
German Bisam-Kürbis 2 Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
German Moschuskürbis 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian zucca torta 2 International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmaji kikuza-kabocha 2 Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Portuguese abóbora-rasteira 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish auyama 2 Lira Saade, R. & S. Montes Hernández. 1994. Cucurbits (Cucurbita spp.). Neglected crops : 1492 from a different perspective. Plant Production and Protection Series No. 26.63-77. Note: FAO, Rome, Italy.
Spanish ayote 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish calabaza moscada 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish calabaza pellejo 2 McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Spanish chicamita 2 McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Spanish lacayote 2 Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana.
Spanish sequaloa 2 McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Spanish zapallo 2 Lira Saade, R. & S. Montes Hernández. 1994. Cucurbits (Cucurbita spp.). Neglected crops : 1492 from a different perspective. Plant Production and Protection Series No. 26.63-77. Note: FAO, Rome, Italy.
Spanish (Peru) loche 2 Leiva González, S. et al. 2015. Cucurbitáceas utilizadas como alimentos en el Perú prehispánico. Arnaldoa 22:439-478.
Transcribed Chinese nan gua 2 Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Korean hobag 2 Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:94-95.
Urdu (Pakistan) halva kaddu 2 Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    only cult.
6Other    probable origin n. Colombia
Cultivated (only cult.)
Other (probable origin n. Colombia)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodfruitfruits used like a vegetableMarkle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Human foodseeds Andres, T. C. 2004. Diversity in tropical pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata): a review of infraspecific classifications. Progress in cucurbit genetics and breeding research. Proceedings of Cucurbitaceae 2004, the 8th EUCARPIA Meeting on cucurbit genetics and breeding 107-112.
Medicinesfolklore Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=12601. Accessed 15 December 2025.