Cucurbita pepo (L.) Dumort.

 
  • Family : CUCURBITACEAE
    (Gourd Or Melon Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KHARBOOZA FAMILY (खरबूजा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : CUCURBITACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cucurbita pepo L.
  • Common name : Pumpkin
  • Vernacular name : Kumra, Safed kadu (Hindi); Kumbala kaayi (Kannada); Gummadi kaya (Telugu); Kakharu, Makhan (Oria); Mathanga (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Climber
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated for its edible fruits.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-October
  • World Distribution : Tropical & Temperate regions of the world
  • Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cucurbita pepo. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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