Details for: PI 532343, Cucurbita ficifolia Bouché, 32


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita ficifolia Bouché
Top Name:
32
Origin:
Collected – Hidalgo, Mexico
Received by NPGS:
09 Jun 1988
PI Assigned:
1989
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita ficifolia Bouché
Top Name:
32
Origin:
Collected – Hidalgo, Mexico
Received by NPGS:
09 Jun 1988
PI Assigned:
1989
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
23 November 1985.
Hidalgo, Mexico
Locality: Along bank at edge of garden in open pine forest, SE corner at junction hwy. Mex. 105 and road to Tlahuelompa, 4.5km SE of Zacualtipan, Municipal Zacualtipan.
Coordinates: 20.6167, -98.6167 (Map it)
Elevation: 2000m.

Collector(s):
Donated
09 June 1988.
New York, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
32
Type: Donor identifier

Narrative
Commonly planted but allowed to become semi-feral. Fruit dark green with white stripes, mostly at flower end, 21cm in diameter. Seeds black when mature. Some white mold on leaves. Used for "dulce". Flowers eaten fried with cheese in quesadillas.
Cucurbita ficifolia Bouché
Genus:
Cucurbita
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Cucurbiteae
Nomen number:

12589
Place of publication:

Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 12:205. 1837
Verified:
02/17/2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Pepo ficifolia (Bouché) Britton

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucurbita melanosperma Gasp.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishblackseed squash  1Andres, T. C. 1990. Biosystematics, theories on the origin and breeding potential of Cucurbita ficifolia. In: Bates, D. M. et al., Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 102-119.
Englishcidra  1Lira Saade, R. & S. Montes Hernández. 1994. Cucurbits (Cucurbita spp.). In: Hernándo Bermejo, J. E. & J. León, eds., Neglected crops : 1492 from a different perspective. Plant Production and Protection Series No. 26. 63-77. Note: FAO, Rome, Italy.
Englishfig-leaf gourd  1Andres, T. C. 1990. Biosystematics, theories on the origin and breeding potential of Cucurbita ficifolia. In: Bates, D. M. et al., Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 102-119.
EnglishMalabar gourd  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englishsidra  1Lira Saade, R. & S. Montes Hernández. 1994. Cucurbits (Cucurbita spp.). In: Hernándo Bermejo, J. E. & J. León, eds., Neglected crops : 1492 from a different perspective. Plant Production and Protection Series No. 26. 63-77. Note: FAO, Rome, Italy.
Frenchcourge à feuilles de figuier  2Nuez, F. et al. 1993. Recolección de especies hortícolas en Ecuador. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 96:29-33.
GermanFeigenblattkürbis  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portugueseabóbora-chila  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishchilacayota  2McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Spanishchilacayote  2Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
Spanishchiverri  2Lira Saade, R. & S. Montes Hernández. 1994. Cucurbits (Cucurbita spp.). In: Hernándo Bermejo, J. E. & J. León, eds., Neglected crops : 1492 from a different perspective. Plant Production and Protection Series No. 26. 63-77. Note: FAO, Rome, Italy.
Spanishlacoyote  2Lira Saade, R. & S. Montes Hernández. 1994. Cucurbits (Cucurbita spp.). In: Hernándo Bermejo, J. E. & J. León, eds., Neglected crops : 1492 from a different perspective. Plant Production and Protection Series No. 26. 63-77. Note: FAO, Rome, Italy.
Spanishsilacayote  2McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Spanish (Peru)chiclayo  2Leiva González, S. et al. 2015. Cucurbitáceas utilizadas como alimentos en el Perú prehispánico. Arnaldoa 22:439-478.
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SUBSETImageImage present in GRIN databaseSeed - Image of seed S9.CUCURBITS.IMAGE.SEEDPI 532343 or SDNot Available