Details for: PI 174823, Cucurbita maxima Duchesne, Kadu

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cucurbita maxima Duchesne

Top Name:

Kadu

Origin:

Collected – India

Maintained:

Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station (NE9)

Received by NPGS:

Feb 1949

PI Assigned:

1949

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

157
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	25 count		PI 174823 83GI SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cucurbita maxima Duchesne

Top Name:

Kadu

Origin:

Collected – India

Maintained:

Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station (NE9)

Received by NPGS:

Feb 1949

PI Assigned:

1949

Source History

Collected

21 September 1948.
India
Locality: From Barsali, Tehri, United Provinces.
Elevation: 2438m.

Collector(s):

Koelz, Walter Norman, USDA-Bureau of Plant Industry

Donated

16 February 1949.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):

Koelz, Walter Norman, USDA-Bureau of Plant Industry

Accession Names and Identifiers

Kadu

Type: Unverified name

No. 10278

Type: Collector identifier

Narrative

Fruit subglobose, 15 by 12 inches, heavily ribbed, grey, squash-type. Not sweet but tasty.

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

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	great pumpkin	1	Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:97.
English	pumpkin	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	red gourd	1	Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:97.
English	squash	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	winter squash	1	McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
German	Reisen-Kürbis	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
German	Speise-Kürbis	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
Italian	zucca	2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese	kabocha	2	Cumarasamy, 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	2	Leiva González, S. et al. 2015. Cucurbitáceas utilizadas como alimentos en el Perú prehispánico. Arnaldoa 22:439-478.
Swedish	jättepumpa	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	sun gua	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Urdu (Pakistan)	halva kaddu	2	Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:97.
Urdu (Pakistan)	mitha kaddu	2	Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:97.

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Availability
DISEASE	WATERMELON MOSAIC	SUSCEPTABILITY TO MOSAIC (WATERMELON).	7 - (1 = SLIGHT, 9 = SEVERE)	NE9.SQUASH.83	Not Available
DISEASE	POWDERY MILDEW	SUSCEPTABILITY TO POWDERY MILDEW	5 - (1 = SLIGHT, 9 = SEVERE)	NE9.SQUASH.83	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FLESH THICKNESS MAXIMUM	Maximum flesh thickness in centimeters. Originally called FLESHTHICK, this was changed to allow for maximum measurements. Older values of FLESHTHICK are now in this FLSHTHKMAX observation.	3	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FRUIT LENGTH MAXIMUM	Maximum fruit length in centimeters.	30	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FRUIT WIDTH MAXIMUM	Maximum fruit width in centimeters.	20	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FLESH COLOR	Flesh color (Combinations permitted). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).	OR - ORANGE	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FRUIT SHAPE	Fruit shape (Combinations permitted). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).	OG - OBLONG	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FRUIT SURFACE COLOR	Fruit surface color (Combinations allowed). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).	GN - GREEN	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FRUIT SURFACE COLOR	Fruit surface color (Combinations allowed). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).	OR - ORANGE	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL	Not Available
GROWTH	MAXIMUM PLANT VIGOR	Maximum plant vigor.	3 - MEDIUM	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL	Not Available
GROWTH	MINIMUM PLANT VIGOR	Minimum plant vigor.	3 - MEDIUM	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL	Not Available
GROWTH	PLANT HABIT	GROWTH HABIT OF THE PLANT	2 - VINE	NE9.SQUASH.83	Not Available
GROWTH	UNIFORMITY	UNIFORMITY	4 - (1 = POOR, 9 = EXCELLENT)	NE9.SQUASH.83	Not Available
GROWTH	PLANT VIGOR	PLANT VIGOR	4 - (1 = POOR, 9 = EXCELLENT)	NE9.SQUASH.83	Not Available
INSECT	SQUASHBUG ADULT	Number of squashbug adults per plant.	1	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL	Not Available
INSECT	CUCUMBER BEETLE INJURY	Cucumber beetle injury to cotyledon leaves before the true leaves appeared. No attempt was made to distinguish between the two beetle species: Spotted and Striped Cucumber Beetle.	4 - EXTREMELY SEVERE (PLANTS DEAD)	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	PLANT TYPE	Plant type.	V - VINE	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLESH COLOR	FLESH COLOR	4 - MEDIUM ORANGE	NE9.SQUASH.83	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLESH DEPTH	DEPTH OF FLESH IN CM.	2.5	NE9.SQUASH.83	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT DIAMETER	DIAMETER OF FRUIT IN CM.	28	NE9.SQUASH.83	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT LENGTH	LENGTH OF FRUIT IN CM.	16	NE9.SQUASH.83	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT RIBBING	FRUIT RIBBING	1 - SLIGHT	NE9.SQUASH.83	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT SPOTTING	FRUIT SPOTTING	8 - (1 = SLIGHT, 9 = PRONOUNCED)	NE9.SQUASH.83	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	DAYS TO POLLINATION	NUMBER OF DAYS FROM TRANSPLANTING IN FIELD TO DATE OF FIRST POLLINATION (BOTH DAYS INCLUSIVE).	45	NE9.SQUASH.83	Not Available
PRODUCTION	FRUIT SET	FRUIT SET	5 - (1 = POOR, 9 = EXCELLENT)	NE9.SQUASH.83	Not Available