Details for: G 29647, Cucurbita maxima Duchesne, TB 84/2166 Plot 4 Rep 3 Fruit 1 Plt. 6


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Top Name:
TB 84/2166 Plot 4 Rep 3 Fruit 1 Plt. 6
Origin:
Collected – Nigeria
Received by NPGS:
23 Aug 1985
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Top Name:
TB 84/2166 Plot 4 Rep 3 Fruit 1 Plt. 6
Origin:
Collected – Nigeria
Received by NPGS:
23 Aug 1985
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
11 September 1984.
Nigeria
Locality: New Bussa, Kwara State
Coordinates: 9.8833, 4.4833 (Map it)

Collector(s):
Donated
23 August 1985.
Oyo, Nigeria

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
TB 84/2166 Plot 4 Rep 3 Fruit 1 Plt. 6
Type: Donor identifier

Narrative
Fruit flattened. Fruit length 51cm, width 68.5cm, diameter 22cm., weight 8.3kg.Average seed yield per fruit 179, seed weight 90gm. Field germination 4.7 days. Days to 50% flowering 62. Average stem length 127.4cm, rounded with tendrils. Leaves cordate, large, shallow lobes and dented margins.
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Genus:
Cucurbita
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Cucurbiteae
Nomen number:

12597
Place of publication:

Essai sur l'Histoire Naturelle des Courges 7. 1786 Aug-Sep? (J. B. A. P. M. de Lamarck, Encycl. 2:151. 1786 Oct)
Comment:
for author see Taxon 49:303-317. 2000
Verified:
06/29/2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne subsp. andreana (Naudin) Filov (6 active accession[s])
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne subsp. maxima (91 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishgreat pumpkin  1Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:97.
Englishpumpkin  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishred gourd  1Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:97.
Englishsquash  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishwinter squash  1McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
GermanReisen-Kürbis  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
GermanSpeise-Kürbis  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
Italianzucca  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanesekabocha  2Cumarasamy, R. et al. 2002. Cultivar differences in New Zealand "Kabocha" (buttercup squash, Cucurbita maxima). New Zealand J. Crop Hort. Sci. 30:197-208. DOI: 10.1080/01140671.2002.9514215.
Spanish (Peru)zapallo  2Leiva González, S. et al. 2015. Cucurbitáceas utilizadas como alimentos en el Perú prehispánico. Arnaldoa 22:439-478.
Swedishjättepumpa  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesesun gua  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Urdu (Pakistan)halva kaddu  2Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:97.
Urdu (Pakistan)mitha kaddu  2Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:97.
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Description:
Selection from TB81/709 collected in New Busa.