Details for: PI 596276, Cucurbita moschata Duchesne, QASIM


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita moschata Duchesne
Top Name:
QASIM
Origin:
Developed – Saudi Arabia
Received by NPGS:
05 Dec 1996
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita moschata Duchesne
Top Name:
QASIM
Origin:
Developed – Saudi Arabia
Received by NPGS:
05 Dec 1996
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
QASIM
Type: Developer identifier

Narrative
Long-necked fruit selected from a large population of Egyptian pumpkins at a local market in the Qasim area in 1989. Fruit length 62 to 87 cm, skin cream-colored with touch of bronze at harvest. Neck length 40 to 60 cm, represents 70% of total fruit length and 66% of total fruit weight, flesh solid orange. Bulb small with small cavity; seeds embedded in the bulb. Mature in 112 days. Vines vigorous, extending to >3 m. Leaves dark green and mottled around veins. Average 2 fruit per plant and yielded 27% more than local variety. Grows well in the hot, dry Saudi environment. Excellent keeping and storing quality. May be kept for 2 months at room temperature and 20-30% relative humidity. Suitable for export.
Cucurbita moschata Duchesne
Genus:
Cucurbita
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Cucurbiteae
Nomen number:

12601
Place of publication:

Essai sur l'Histoire Naturelle des Courges 7. 1786 (J. L. M. Poiret in F. Cuvier, Dict. sci. nat. 11:234. 1819)
Comment:
for author see Taxon 49:303-317. 2000
Verified:
06/29/2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucurbita pepo L. var. moschata Duchesne

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbutternut pumpkin  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishbutternut squash  1Nee, M. 1990. The domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):58, 63.
Englishcalabaza pumpkin  1Andres, T. C. 2004. Diversity in tropical pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata): a review of infraspecific classifications. In: Lebeda, A. & H. S. Paris, eds., Progress in cucurbit genetics and breeding research. Proceedings of Cucurbitaceae 2004, the 8th EUCARPIA Meeting on cucurbit genetics and breeding 107-112.
Englishcheese pumpkin  1Bailey, L. H. 1929. The domesticated Cucurbitas; first paper. Gentes Herbarum 2:105.
Englishgolden cushaw  1Nee, M. 1990. The domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):58, 63.
Englishpumpkin  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishsquash  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishwinter crookneck squash  1Nee, M. 1990. The domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):58, 63.
English (Pakistan)red gourd  2Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
English (Pakistan)Spanish gourd  2Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
English (Pakistan)squash gourd  2Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
Frenchcitrouille  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchcourge musquée  2Demilly, D. et al. 1996. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6. Note: GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France
Frenchpâtisson  2Nuez, F. et al. 1993. Recolección de especies hortícolas en Ecuador. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 96:29-33.
GermanBisam-Kürbis  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
GermanMoschuskürbis  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italianzucca torta  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmajikikuza-kabocha  2Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Portugueseabóbora-rasteira  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishauyama  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.
Spanishayote  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishcalabaza moscada  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishcalabaza pellejo  2McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Spanishchicamita  2McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Spanishlacayote  2Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana.
Spanishsequaloa  2McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Spanishzapallo  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.
Spanish (Peru)loche  2Leiva González, S. et al. 2015. Cucurbitáceas utilizadas como alimentos en el Perú prehispánico. Arnaldoa 22:439-478.
Transcribed Chinesenan gua  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Koreanhobag  2Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:94-95.
Urdu (Pakistan)halva kaddu  2Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
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