Details for: PI 560937, Cucurbita ficifolia Bouché, cayote


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita ficifolia Bouché
Top Name:
cayote
Origin:
Collected – Argentina
Received by NPGS:
14 Jan 1991
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita ficifolia Bouché
Top Name:
cayote
Origin:
Collected – Argentina
Received by NPGS:
14 Jan 1991
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
20 October 1990.
Argentina
Locality: Humahuaca market, Jujuy Province
Coordinates: -23.1667, -65.2500 (Map it)
Elevation: 2940m.

Collector(s):
Donated
14 January 1991.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
cayote
Type: Local name

1152
Type: Donor identifier

Grif 966
Type: Other or unclassified name

DEW1990
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Fruit slightly ovoid, 25cm long, green flecked with narrow discontinuous white stripes. Flesh white. Seeds black. Commonly cultivated locally. Used to prepare candied squash.
Cucurbita ficifolia Bouché
Genus:
Cucurbita
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Cucurbiteae
Nomen number:

12589
Place of publication:

Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 12:205. 1837
Verified:
02/17/2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Pepo ficifolia (Bouché) Britton

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucurbita melanosperma Gasp.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishblackseed squash  1Andres, T. C. 1990. Biosystematics, theories on the origin and breeding potential of Cucurbita ficifolia. In: Bates, D. M. et al., Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 102-119.
Englishcidra  1Lira 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.
Englishfig-leaf gourd  1Andres, T. C. 1990. Biosystematics, theories on the origin and breeding potential of Cucurbita ficifolia. In: Bates, D. M. et al., Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 102-119.
EnglishMalabar gourd  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englishsidra  1Lira 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.
Frenchcourge à feuilles de figuier  2Nuez, F. et al. 1993. Recolección de especies hortícolas en Ecuador. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 96:29-33.
GermanFeigenblattkürbis  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portugueseabóbora-chila  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishchilacayota  2McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Spanishchilacayote  2Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
Spanishchiverri  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.
Spanishlacoyote  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.
Spanishsilacayote  2McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Spanish (Peru)chiclayo  2Leiva González, S. et al. 2015. Cucurbitáceas utilizadas como alimentos en el Perú prehispánico. Arnaldoa 22:439-478.
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SUBSETImageImage present in GRIN databaseSeed - Image of seed S9.CUCURBITS.IMAGE.SEEDPI 560937 or SDNot Available