Details for: PI 511896, Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth, Calabacilla (Span.)., Aarra (Mt. Pima In

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth

Top Name:

Calabacilla (Span.)., Aarra (Mt. Pima In

Origin:

Collected – Mexico

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

15 Apr 1987

PI Assigned:

1987

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Inventory Volume:

196
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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth

Top Name:

Calabacilla (Span.)., Aarra (Mt. Pima In

Origin:

Collected – Mexico

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

15 Apr 1987

PI Assigned:

1987

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

16 November 1985.
Mexico
Locality: Slope at edge of cultivated field of Rancho Las Varas, Temosachic, 12km W-SW from Yepachic, Chihuahua.
Coordinates: 28.4167, -108.5000 (Map it)
Elevation: 1625m.

Donated

15 April 1987.
California, United States
Comment: Received through IBPGR, Rome, Italy.
Donor(s):

Merrick, Laura C., University of California-Davis

Accession Names and Identifiers

Calabacilla (Span.)., Aarra (Mt. Pima In

Type: Local name

dian).

851116-02

Type: Donor identifier

Group: IBPGR

International Board for Plant Genetic Resources

Narrative

Animals eat fruits, but no human consumption due to the bitterness of the pulp. Sample donated by Cruz Castellanos Contreras and Teresa Alvares Orozco.

Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth

Genus:

Cucurbita

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Tribe:

Cucurbiteae

Nomen number:

12590

Place of publication:

F. W. H. A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. gen. sp. 2:98[folio]; 2:123[quarto]. 1817

Protologue link:

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58728899

Verified:

02/17/2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	buffalo gourd	1	Gathman, A. C. & W. P. Bemis. 1990. Domestication of buffalo gourd, Cucurbita foetidissima. In: Bates, D. M. et al., Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 335-348.
English	Missouri gourd	1	Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.
English	prairie gourd	1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
German	Prärie-Kürbis	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
Spanish	calabacilla amarga	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	calabazilla	2	Munz, P. A. 1974. A flora of southern California.
Spanish	chilicote	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	bisonpumpa	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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