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Cucurbita pepo
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Family:
CUCURBITACEAE
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Citation: Cucurbita pepo L., Sp. Pl. 1010. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 622. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 543(383). 1919; Chakrav., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 11: 43. 1982; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 217. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 151. 1995.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Mathanga
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Pumpkin
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Description:
Stout, hispid-hairy, climbing annuals. Leaves alternate, petioled, cordate, ovate, 10-15 cm, usually prominently and acutely lobed; petiole with rigid prickly hairs; tendrils 2-4-fid. Plants monoecious. Flowers yellow, large, solitary; peduncles sulcate and angled; expanded at the top, strongly grooved in fruit. Sepals foliaceous. Corolla united, campanulate, narrowed at base with erect lobes. Stamens inserted low down; filaments 3, short; anthers connate in a column. Ovary oblong; style short; stigmas large. Fruit a pepo, large, furrowed; seeds ovoid or oblong, compressed smooth.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-April
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Cultivated in all warm and temperate parts of the world
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
Yes
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Ariankavu
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