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Taxon:
Cucurbita ficifolia
Bouché
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
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
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
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.
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Reference(s)
Andres, T. C.
1990. Biosystematics, theories on the origin and breeding potential of Cucurbita ficifolia. Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 102-119.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Cucurbita+ficifolia&quantity=1
Fursa, T. B. & A. I. Filov.
1982. Cucurbitaceae (
Citrullus
,
Cucurbita
). Kul't. Flora SSSR 21:204.
Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds.
1978-. Flora de Veracruz.
URL:
http://www.ecologia.edu.mx/publicaciones/flover.htm
Kates, H. R. et al.
2017. Evolutionary and domestication history of
Cucurbita
(pumpkin and squash) species inferred from 44 nuclear loci. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 111:98-109.
URL:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10557903
Leiva González, S. et al.
2015. Cucurbitáceas utilizadas como alimentos en el Perú prehispánico. Arnaldoa 22:439-478.
Lira Saade, R. & S. Montes Hernández.
1994. Cucurbits (
Cucurbita
spp.). Neglected crops : 1492 from a different perspective. Plant Production and Protection Series No. 26. 63-77.
Note:
FAO, Rome, Italy.
Lira-Saade, R.
1995. Estudios taxonómicos y ecogeográficos de las Cucurbitaceae Latinoamericanas de importancia económica. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 9:7-8, 67-68.
Note:
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
McVaugh, R.
1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Nee, M.
1990. The domestication of
Cucurbita
(Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):58, 63.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Note:
mentions
Nuez, F. et al.
1993. Recolección de especies hortícolas en Ecuador. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 96:29-33.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Sanjur, O. I. et al.
2002. Phylogenetic relationships among domesticated and wild species of
Cucurbita
(Cucurbitaceae) inferred from a mitochondrial gene: Implications for crop plant evolution and areas of origin. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99:535-540.
Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds.
1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:165.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark.
1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds.
1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
blackseed squash –
Reference(s)
cidra –
Reference(s)
fig-leaf gourd –
Reference(s)
Malabar gourd –
Reference(s)
sidra –
Reference(s)
French
courge à feuilles de figuier –
Reference(s)
German
Feigenblattkürbis –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
abóbora-chila –
Reference(s)
Spanish
chilacayota –
Reference(s)
chilacayote –
Reference(s)
chiverri –
Reference(s)
lacoyote –
Reference(s)
silacayote –
Reference(s)
Spanish (Peru)
chiclayo –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
2
Cultivated
only cult.
6
Other
probable origin South America
Cultivated
(only cult.)
Other
(probable origin South America)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Animal food
forage
Andres, T. C.
1990. Biosystematics, theories on the origin and breeding potential of Cucurbita ficifolia. Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 102-119.
Human food
fruit
Andres, T. C.
1990. Biosystematics, theories on the origin and breeding potential of Cucurbita ficifolia. Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 102-119.
Human food
seeds
Andres, T. C.
1990. Biosystematics, theories on the origin and breeding potential of Cucurbita ficifolia. Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 102-119.
Human food
vegetable
Andres, T. C.
1990. Biosystematics, theories on the origin and breeding potential of Cucurbita ficifolia. Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 102-119.
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Name
References