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Cucurbita ficifolia

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Details Top

Internal ID UUID64401462a1bc5533015526
Scientific name Cucurbita ficifolia
Authority Bouché
First published in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 12: 205 (1837)

Description Top

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Cucurbita ficifolia, also known as Asian pumpkin, black seed squash, or Malabar gourd, is a species of squash that is grown for its edible seeds, fruit, and greens. It is widely cultivated in regions such as India, Japan, China, and Mexico. Unlike other domesticated species in its genus, C. ficifolia has relatively similar morphology and genetic composition throughout its range. It is an annual plant with a vine habit that can grow up to 15 meters and produce over 50 oval-shaped fruits with black or dark brown seeds. The fruit is used in a variety of culinary dishes, including jams and sweets, and the seeds are high in fat and protein. C. ficifolia is also used in traditional medicine to treat diabetes, and its vine and fruit are used as animal feed. It is believed to have originated in the Americas and spread to other regions through trade.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Cucurbita ficifolia f. melanosperma Zhit. Trudy Prikl. Bot. 47: 301. 1930
Cucurbita melanosperma A.Braun Cat. Hort. Karls (1824), nomen; Gaspsrr. in Rendic. Acad. Sc. Nap. vi. (1847) 48.
Cucurbita mexicana Dammann Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1891(App. 2): 40 (1891)
Cucurbita ficifolia f. leucosperma Zhit. Trudy Prikl. Bot. 47: 301 1930
Cucurbita ficifolia var. mexicana G.Nicholson Ill. Dict. Gard. 1: 272 1900
Pepo malabaricus Sageret Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 8: 312 (1826)
Pepo ficifolia (Bouché) Britton Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 6: 266 (1925)

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Language Common/alternative name
English figleaf gourd
English malabar gourd
English fig-leaf gourd
English cidra
English black seed squash
Arabic بذر القرع
Czech tykev fíkolistá
German feigenblatt-kürbis
Esperanto figfolia melono
Persian کدوی تخمسیاه
French courge de siam
Hungarian fügelevelű tök
Indonesian labu malabar
Japanese クロダネカボチャ
nah chilacayohtli
Dutch vijgenbladpompoen
Polish dynia figolistna
Portuguese chila-caiota
Russian Тыква фиголистная
Slovenian smokvolistna buča
Slovenian figovolistna buča
Chinese 魚翅瓜
Chinese 白皮黑子南瓜
Chinese 黑籽南瓜
Chinese 榕叶南瓜

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba
      • Leeward Islands
    • Central America
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Chile North
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000629069
UNII K995BLB9RE
USDA Plants CUFI2
Tropicos 9201088
INPN 93548
Flora of Italy 11459
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:292369-1
The Plant List kew-2747136
Open Tree Of Life 88161
Observations.org 125205
NCBI Taxonomy 37645
NBN Atlas NHMSYS0000457757
IPNI 292369-1
iNaturalist 181590
GBIF 2874512
Freebase /m/0785_l
EPPO CUUFI
EOL 584294
Elurikkus 322932
Calflora (Californian flora) 8534
USDA GRIN 12589
Wikipedia Cucurbita_ficifolia

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_033971965.1 UNAM_Cfic_1.0 Chromosome Instituto de Ecologia, UNAM 2023-11-29 187.0x 229.50 Mb

Scientific Literature Top

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Archaeobotanical evidence supports indigenous cucurbit long-term use in the Mesoamerican Neotropics Domic AI, VanDerwarker AM, Thakar HB, Hirth K, Capriles JM, Harper TK, Scheffler TE, Kistler L, Kennett DJ Sci Rep 13-May-2024
PMCID:PMC11091142
doi:10.1038/s41598-024-60723-1
PMID:38740801
Sequence characteristics, genetic diversity and phylogenetic analysis of the Cucurbita ficifolia (Cucurbitaceae) chloroplasts genome He S, Xu B, Chen S, Li G, Zhang J, Xu J, Wu H, Li X, Yang Z BMC Genomics 18-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11027378
doi:10.1186/s12864-024-10278-2
PMID:38637729
Spray-Drying Microencapsulation of Bauhinia ungulata L. var. obtusifolia Aqueous Extract Containing Phenolic Compounds: A Comparative Study Using Different Wall Materials Remígio MS, Greco T, Silva Júnior JO, Converti A, Ribeiro-Costa RM, Rossi A, Barbosa WL Pharmaceutics 02-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11054010
doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics16040488
PMID:38675149
Changes in the Antioxidant Potential of Camellia sinensis Cultures under the Influence of Phenolic Precursors Aksenova MA, Nechaeva TL, Goncharuk EA, Zubova MY, Kazantseva VV, Lapshin PV, Frolov A, Zagoskina NV Molecules 18-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10820049
doi:10.3390/molecules29020474
PMID:38257387
Enhancing salinity tolerance in cucumber through Selenium biofortification and grafting Amerian M, Palangi A, Gohari G, Ntatsi G BMC Plant Biol 03-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10762928
doi:10.1186/s12870-023-04711-z
PMID:38166490
Transcriptomic–Proteomic Analysis Revealed the Regulatory Mechanism of Peanut in Response to Fusarium oxysporum Wang M, Zhu L, Zhang C, Zhou H, Tang Y, Cao S, Chen J, Zhang J Int J Mol Sci 03-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10779420
doi:10.3390/ijms25010619
PMID:38203792
IAA-miR164a-NAC100L1 module mediates symbiotic incompatibility of cucumber/pumpkin grafted seedlings through regulating callose deposition Yuan M, Jin T, Wu J, Li L, Chen G, Chen J, Wang Y, Sun J Hortic Res 29-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10873582
doi:10.1093/hr/uhad287
PMID:38371634
The effect of environmental factors on the genetic differentiation of Cucurbita ficifolia populations based on whole-genome resequencing He S, Li G, Zhang J, Ding Y, Wu H, Xie J, Wu H, Yang Z BMC Plant Biol 15-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10722772
doi:10.1186/s12870-023-04602-3
PMID:38102604
Ethnomedicinal evaluation of medicinal plants used for therapies by men and women in rural and urban communities in Makkah district Qari SH, Alqethami A, Qumsani AT Saudi Pharm J 02-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10733703
doi:10.1016/j.jsps.2023.101881
PMID:38130903
Population Genomics of Domesticated Cucurbita ficifolia Reveals a Recent Bottleneck and Low Gene Flow with Wild Relatives Aguirre-Dugua X, Barrera-Redondo J, Gasca-Pineda J, Vázquez-Lobo A, López-Camacho A, Sánchez-de la Vega G, Castellanos-Morales G, Scheinvar E, Aguirre-Planter E, Lira-Saade R, Eguiarte LE Plants (Basel) 27-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10707961
doi:10.3390/plants12233989
PMID:38068624
Diversity of vegetable landraces in the Pampa biome of Brazil and Uruguay: utilization and conservation strategies Rivas M, Vidal R, Neitzke RS, Priori D, Almeida N, Antunes IF, Galván GA, Barbieri RL Front Plant Sci 10-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10668028
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1232589
PMID:38023920
A harmonised dataset for modelling select underutilised crops Across EU Wimalasiri EM, Jahanshiri E, Perego A, Botta M, Azam-Ali SN Data Brief 13-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10616134
doi:10.1016/j.dib.2023.109679
PMID:37915832
Alpha-Glucosidase Inhibitory Peptides: Sources, Preparations, Identifications, and Action Mechanisms Lu H, Xie T, Wu Q, Hu Z, Luo Y, Luo F Nutrients 05-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10574726
doi:10.3390/nu15194267
PMID:37836551
Parthenocarpy in Cucurbitaceae: Advances for Economic and Environmental Sustainability Tian S, Zhang Z, Qin G, Xu Y Plants (Basel) 02-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10574560
doi:10.3390/plants12193462
PMID:37836203
Assessment of Quality and Efficiency of Cold-Pressed Oil from Selected Oilseeds Kabutey A, Herák D, Mizera Č Foods 30-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10573014
doi:10.3390/foods12193636
PMID:37835289

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