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Cucurbita moschata (crookneck squash)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Cucurbita moschata is a species originating in either Central America or northern South America. It includes cultivars of squash and pumpkin. C. moschata cultivars are generally more tolerant of hot, humid weather than cultivars of C. maxima or C. pepo. They also generally display a greater resistance to disease and insects, especially to the squash vine borer. Commercially made pumpkin pie mix is most often made from varieties of C. moschata. The ancestral species of the genus Cucurbita were present in the Americas before the arrival of humans. Evolutionarily speaking the genus is relatively recent in origin as no species within the genus is genetically isolated from all the other species. C. moschata acts as the genetic bridge within the genus and is closest to the genus' progenitor. Cul
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Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Monoecious
Hazards [1]  The sprouting seed produces a toxic substance in its embryo;
Lifespan [1]  Annual
Pollinators [1]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Structure [1]  Vine
Height [1]  24 inches (0.6 m)
Width [1]  16.4 feet (5 m)
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Citations

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1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
2Norrbom, A.L. 2004. Fruit fly (Tephritidae) host plant database. Version Nov, 2004.
3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0