Details for: PI 532714, Cucurbita maxima Duchesne, Mbika


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Top Name:
Mbika
Origin:
Collected – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Received by NPGS:
Sep 1988
PI Assigned:
1989
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Top Name:
Mbika
Origin:
Collected – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Received by NPGS:
Sep 1988
PI Assigned:
1989
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
28 August 1987.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Locality: Farmstore, Mongo Mansongania, 10km NE of Mvuazi (Kolo), Kuilu-Ngongo District, Bas-Zaire Province.
Coordinates: -5.4500, 14.8667 (Map it)
Elevation: 400m.

Collector(s):
Donated
September 1988.
Burundi
Comment: Received through IBPGR, Rome, Italy
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Mbika
Type: Local name

IZ 1000582
Type: Donor identifier
Group: IBPGR
International Board for Plant Genetic Resources

NNN 11
Type: Collector identifier

Narrative
Bandibu tribe, Kikongo language. Planted March, harvested July. Courge type.
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.
Annotations
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 28 Jul 1995, from Cucurbita spp. to Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
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