Details for: PI 540736, Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth, TWW 63


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth
Top Name:
TWW 63
Origin:
Collected – California, United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
Nov 1989
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth
Top Name:
TWW 63
Origin:
Collected – California, United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
Nov 1989
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
06 October 1988.
California, United States
Locality: Along Hwy 80, .402km W of Jacumba, San Diego County.
Elevation: 853m.

Collector(s):
Donated
November 1989.
California, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
TWW 63
Type: Donor identifier

Narrative
Vine. Leaves coarse sandpaper like texture with disagreeable odor. Fruits yellow, round, smooth, 7cm long, 7cm wide. Mature weight 180 grams. Has twice the chromesome no. of all other cucurbita species. Possesses underground tuber.
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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Common names
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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