Details for: PI 379301, Cucurbita maxima Duchesne, Balka

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cucurbita maxima Duchesne

Top Name:

Balka

Origin:

Collected – North Macedonia

Maintained:

Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station (NE9)

Received by NPGS:

29 Dec 1972

PI Assigned:

1973

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

181
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	25 count		PI 379301 75AI SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cucurbita maxima Duchesne

Top Name:

Balka

Origin:

Collected – North Macedonia

Maintained:

Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station (NE9)

Received by NPGS:

29 Dec 1972

PI Assigned:

1973

Source History

Collected

01 January 1972.
North Macedonia
Locality: Blatec, Yugoslavia.
Coordinates: 41.8378, 22.5781 (Map it)
Elevation: 520m.
Comment: Seed collected in 1972 under Public Law 480 Project E30-CR-33.
Collector(s):

Aladzajkov, Lazar, Faculty of Agricultural Research Council

Donated

29 December 1972.
North Macedonia

Donor(s):

Aladzajkov, Lazar, Faculty of Agricultural Research Council

Accession Names and Identifiers

Balka

Type: Unverified name

2548

Type: Collector identifier

Narrative

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

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	great pumpkin	1	Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:97.
English	pumpkin	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	red gourd	1	Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:97.
English	squash	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	winter squash	1	McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
German	Reisen-Kürbis	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
German	Speise-Kürbis	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
Italian	zucca	2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese	kabocha	2	Cumarasamy, 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	2	Leiva González, S. et al. 2015. Cucurbitáceas utilizadas como alimentos en el Perú prehispánico. Arnaldoa 22:439-478.
Swedish	jättepumpa	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	sun gua	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Urdu (Pakistan)	halva kaddu	2	Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:97.
Urdu (Pakistan)	mitha kaddu	2	Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:97.

Annotations

Taxonomic Re-Identification: 18 Sep 1987, from Cucurbita pepo L. to Cucurbita maxima Duchesne

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Availability
FLWR-FRUIT	FLESH THICKNESS MAXIMUM	Maximum flesh thickness in centimeters. Originally called FLESHTHICK, this was changed to allow for maximum measurements. Older values of FLESHTHICK are now in this FLSHTHKMAX observation.	5	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FRUIT LENGTH MINIMUM	Minimum fruit length in centimeters.	14	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FRUIT LENGTH MAXIMUM	Maximum fruit length in centimeters.	40	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FRUIT WIDTH MINIMUM	Minimum fruit width in centimeters.	11	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FRUIT WIDTH MAXIMUM	Maximum fruit width in centimeters.	27	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FLESH COLOR	Flesh color (Combinations permitted). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).	OR - ORANGE	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FRUIT SKIN TEXTURE	Texture of fruit surface (Combinations allowed). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).	2 - RIBBED	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FRUIT SHAPE	Fruit shape (Combinations permitted). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).	OG - OBLONG	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FRUIT SHAPE	Fruit shape (Combinations permitted). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).	OT - OBLATE	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FRUIT SHAPE	Fruit shape (Combinations permitted). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).	OV - OVATE	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FRUIT SURFACE COLOR	Fruit surface color (Combinations allowed). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).	GY - GRAY	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FRUIT SURFACE COLOR	Fruit surface color (Combinations allowed). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).	WH - WHITE	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL	Not Available
GROWTH	MAXIMUM PLANT VIGOR	Maximum plant vigor.	4 - MEDIUM-POOR	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL	Not Available
GROWTH	MINIMUM PLANT VIGOR	Minimum plant vigor.	4 - MEDIUM-POOR	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	PLANT TYPE	Plant type.	V - VINE	PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL	Not Available