Details for: PI 512095, Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth, Calabacilla hedionda.


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth
Top Name:
Calabacilla hedionda.
Origin:
Collected – Mexico
Received by NPGS:
15 Apr 1987
PI Assigned:
1987
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth
Top Name:
Calabacilla hedionda.
Origin:
Collected – Mexico
Received by NPGS:
15 Apr 1987
PI Assigned:
1987
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
11 November 1984.
Mexico
Locality: Arid area, along roadside, near a stream and corn field, toward Dolores Hildalgo, 12km NW of San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato.
Elevation: 1800m.

Collector(s):
Donated
15 April 1987.
California, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Calabacilla hedionda.
Type: Local name

841111-01
Type: Donor identifier

BGCU#755
Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative
Plant dead, but with many fruits. Fruits blanched white, or green, with white stripes. Flesh bitter. Young plants with long, pointed grey-green leaves seen in vicinity.
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
Verified:
02/17/2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbuffalo gourd  1Gathman, 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.
EnglishMissouri gourd  1Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.
Englishprairie gourd  11961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
GermanPrärie-Kürbis  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
Spanishcalabacilla amarga  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishcalabazilla  2Munz, P. A. 1974. A flora of southern California.
Spanishchilicote  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishbisonpumpa  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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