Details for: PI 135353, Cucurbita maxima Duchesne, No. 4921


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Top Name:
No. 4921
Origin:
Collected – Afghanistan
Received by NPGS:
Feb 1940
PI Assigned:
1940
Availability
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FRUIT

Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Top Name:
No. 4921
Origin:
Collected – Afghanistan
Received by NPGS:
Feb 1940
PI Assigned:
1940
Source History
Collected
19 October 1939.
Afghanistan
Locality: Alma
Comment: Altitude 3,000 feet
Collector(s):
Donated
12 February 1940.
Afghanistan

Accession Names and Identifiers
No. 4921
Type: Collector identifier
Koelz, W.N. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils & Agricultural Engineering

Narrative
Fruit subglobose, slightly flattened, 18 inches in length; weight about 50 pounds; rind grayish green; flesh yellow, 3 inches thick, not very sweet.
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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Citations
  • Fassuliotis, G. 1971. Susceptibility of Cucurbita spp. to the Root-Knot Nematode, Meloidogyne incognita. Pl. Dis. Reporter 55(8):666. Note: Table 1: Plant Introductions of Cucurbit spp. evaluated for resistance to Meloidogyne incognita. (Data provided by author, not published.) Number of accessions cited: 486
  • Hernandez C., J. Labate, K. Reitsma, J. Fabrizio, Kan Bao, Zhangiun Fei, R. Grumet, & M. Mazourek . 2023. Characterization of the USDA Cucurbita pepo, C. moschata, and C. maxima germplasm collections. Front. Plant Sci. 14:1130814. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1130814. Note: Supplementary material: Table 1. Number of accessions cited: 1661
Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
DISEASEWATERMELON MOSAICSUSCEPTABILITY TO MOSAIC (WATERMELON).9 - SEVERE NE9.SQUASH.82 Not Available
DISEASEPOWDERY MILDEWSUSCEPTABILITY TO POWDERY MILDEW5 - (1 = SLIGHT, 9 = SEVERE) NE9.SQUASH.82 Not Available
GROWTHPLANT HABITGROWTH HABIT OF THE PLANT2 - VINE NE9.SQUASH.82 Not Available
GROWTHUNIFORMITYUNIFORMITY8 - (1 = POOR, 9 = EXCELLENT) NE9.SQUASH.82 Not Available
GROWTHPLANT VIGORPLANT VIGOR5 - (1 = POOR, 9 = EXCELLENT) NE9.SQUASH.82 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFLESH DEPTHDEPTH OF FLESH IN CM.3.2 NE9.SQUASH.82 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT DIAMETERDIAMETER OF FRUIT IN CM.25 NE9.SQUASH.82 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT LENGTHLENGTH OF FRUIT IN CM.18 NE9.SQUASH.82 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT RIBBINGFRUIT RIBBING2 - (1 = SLIGHT, 9 = PRONOUNCED) NE9.SQUASH.82 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT SPOTTINGFRUIT SPOTTING3 - (1 = SLIGHT, 9 = PRONOUNCED) NE9.SQUASH.82 Not Available
PHENOLOGYDAYS TO POLLINATIONNUMBER OF DAYS FROM TRANSPLANTING IN FIELD TO DATE OF FIRST POLLINATION (BOTH DAYS INCLUSIVE).67 NE9.SQUASH.82 Not Available
PRODUCTIONFRUIT SETFRUIT SET3 - (1 = POOR, 9 = EXCELLENT) NE9.SQUASH.82 Not Available