Details for: PI 634701, Cucurbita moschata Duchesne, 944

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cucurbita moschata Duchesne

Top Name:

944

Origin:

Collected – Oaxaca, Mexico

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

30 Jun 1992

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	10 count		PI 634701 01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cucurbita moschata Duchesne

Top Name:

944

Origin:

Collected – Oaxaca, Mexico

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

30 Jun 1992

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Collected

21 December 1983.
Oaxaca, Mexico
Locality: Niltepec Mpio.: Niltepec
Coordinates: 16.5833, -94.6000 (Map it)
Elevation: 50m.

Collector(s):

Donated

30 June 1992.
Wisconsin, United States

Donor(s):

Iltis, Hugh H., University of Wisconsin

Accession Names and Identifiers

944

Type: Donor identifier

Ames 21639

Type: Site identifier

Group: AMES

NC-7 Research Numbers

USDA ARS NCRPIS

Grif 13904

Type: Site identifier

Group: GRIF

S-9 Research Numbers

Narrative

Pepo obtained from Sr. Sesilio Escobar Matus. This is one of two commonly cultivated calabasas in this area. This type matures in 2 months, the fruit is highly prized for consumption when the skin has hardened, prior to this time it is not worth eating. The mature fruit color is beige, immature fruits may be white, green or green\white striped. This type provides more fruit than tamalajota, the second typed cultivated in this area.

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

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	butternut pumpkin	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	butternut squash	1	Nee, M. 1990. The domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):58, 63.
English	calabaza pumpkin	1	Andres, 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.
English	cheese pumpkin	1	Bailey, L. H. 1929. The domesticated Cucurbitas; first paper. Gentes Herbarum 2:105.
English	golden cushaw	1	Nee, M. 1990. The domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):58, 63.
English	pumpkin	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	squash	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	winter crookneck squash	1	Nee, M. 1990. The domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):58, 63.
English (Pakistan)	red gourd	2	Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
English (Pakistan)	Spanish gourd	2	Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
English (Pakistan)	squash gourd	2	Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
French	citrouille	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	courge musquée	2	Demilly, 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
French	pâtisson	2	Nuez, F. et al. 1993. Recolección de especies hortícolas en Ecuador. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 96:29-33.
German	Bisam-Kürbis	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
German	Moschuskürbis	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian	zucca torta	2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmaji	kikuza-kabocha	2	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Portuguese	abóbora-rasteira	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	auyama	2	Lira 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	ayote	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	calabaza moscada	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	calabaza pellejo	2	McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Spanish	chicamita	2	McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Spanish	lacayote	2	Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana.
Spanish	sequaloa	2	McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Spanish	zapallo	2	Lira 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	2	Leiva González, S. et al. 2015. Cucurbitáceas utilizadas como alimentos en el Perú prehispánico. Arnaldoa 22:439-478.
Transcribed Chinese	nan gua	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Korean	hobag	2	Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:94-95.
Urdu (Pakistan)	halva kaddu	2	Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.

Annotations

Taxonomic Re-Identification: 06 May 1996, from Cucurbita spp. to Cucurbita moschata Duchesne

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
GROWTH	GROWTH HABIT	GROWTH HABIT OF THE PLANT	2 - VINE	S9.CUCURBITA.MOSCHATA.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 634701 01 SD
GROWTH	PLANT UNIFORMITY	PLANT UNIFORMITY	1 - POOR	S9.CUCURBITA.MOSCHATA.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 634701 01 SD
GROWTH	PLANT VIGOR	PLANT VIGOR	9 - EXCELLENT	S9.CUCURBITA.MOSCHATA.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 634701 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT SHAPE	GENERAL FRUIT SHAPE	1 - OBLONG	S9.CUCURBITA.MOSCHATA.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 634701 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT LENGTH	FRUIT LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS	22	S9.CUCURBITA.MOSCHATA.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 634701 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT DIAMETER	FRUIT WIDTH (DIAMETER) IN CENTIMETERS	23	S9.CUCURBITA.MOSCHATA.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 634701 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT SURFACE	CHARACTER OF FRUIT SURFACE	1 - SMOOTH	S9.CUCURBITA.MOSCHATA.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 634701 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT COLOR	MATURE FRUIT COLOR	1 - ORANGE	S9.CUCURBITA.MOSCHATA.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 634701 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	FLESH COLOR	FLESH COLOR	4 - MEDIUM ORANGE	S9.CUCURBITA.MOSCHATA.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 634701 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	FLESH DEPTH	FLESH DEPTH MEASURED IN CENTIMETERS	6	S9.CUCURBITA.MOSCHATA.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 634701 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT SPOTTING	FRUIT SPOTTING	1 - SLIGHT	S9.CUCURBITA.MOSCHATA.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 634701 01 SD
PHENOLOGY	MATURITY	RELATIVE TIME OF MATURATION	8 - LATE	S9.CUCURBITA.MOSCHATA.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 634701 01 SD
PRODUCTION	FRUIT SET	FRUIT SET	9 - EXCELLENT	S9.CUCURBITA.MOSCHATA.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 634701 01 SD
PRODUCTION	FRUIT WEIGHT	FRUIT WEIGHT MEASURED IN KILOGRAMS	2.5	S9.CUCURBITA.MOSCHATA.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 634701 01 SD
SUBSET	Image	Image present in GRIN database	Seed - Image of seed	S9.CUCURBITS.IMAGE.SEED		Not Available