Cucurbita pepo
Calabaza Pumpkin
Cucurbita moschata
Duchesne Species
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- Botanical name
- Cucurbita moschata
- Also known as
- Butternut Pumpkin, Butternut Squash, Calabaza Pumpkin, Cheese Pumpkin, Golden Cushaw, Pumpkin, Squash, Squash / Pumpkin, Winter Crookneck Squash
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Cucurbita
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Calabaza Pumpkin
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Cucurbita moschata but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Cucurbita colombiana
Cucurbita hippopera
Cucurbita macrocarpa
Cucurbita meloniformis
Cucurbita moschata f. yokohamana
Cucurbita moschata var. claviformis
Cucurbita moschata var. colombiana
Cucurbita moschata var. depressa
Cucurbita moschata var. magna
Cucurbita moschata var. meloniformis
Cucurbita moschata var. mexicana
Cucurbita pepo var. moschata
Gymnopetalum calyculatum
Pepo eximius
Pepo indicus
Pepo macrocarpus
Pepo moschata
Others in Cucurbita
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