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Calabaza fruits for sale in a supermarket in the Philippines Calabaza vine. Calabaza is the generic name in the Spanish language for any type of winter squash.Within an English-language context it specifically refers to the West Indian pumpkin, a winter squash typically grown in the West Indies, tropical America, and the Philippines.
The genus was part of the culture of almost every native peoples group from southern South America to southern Canada. [52] Modern-day cultivated Cucurbita are not found in the wild. [ 5 ] Genetic studies of the mitochondrial gene nad1 show there were at least six independent domestication events of Cucurbita separating domestic species from ...
Butternut squash – a popular winter squash in much of North America; Calabaza – a commonly grown winter squash in the Caribbean, tropical America, and the Philippines; Dickinson pumpkin – Libby's uses a proprietary strain of Dickinson for its canned pumpkin [8] [9] Giromon – a large, green cultivar, grown primarily in the Caribbean ...
It has common names including black seed squash, chilacayote, cidra, fig-leaf gourd, and Malabar gourd. Compared to other domesticated species in its genus, investigators have noted that samples of C. ficifolia from throughout its range are relatively similar to one other in morphology and genetic composition.
Native to Amazon. Domesticated and cultivated in South America, Central America and Caribbean. Indian Potato - roots of two native species- Apios americana and Apios priceana; Jerusalem artichoke - specific species of sunflower with large, edible root. Lily Bulbs- several species in Lilium family
A Pink Banana squash, cut, with seeds removed, with a U.S. quarter for size comparison A buttercup squash A cut open blue hubbard squash A golden Hubbard squash. Arikara squash weighs from four to eleven pounds with a teardrop or round shape with a mottled orange and green color pattern. It is used both for its eating qualities and as decoration.
In the Sonoran Desert region of the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico, C. argyrosperma squash are grown by native peoples, especially the Tohono O'odham, where it is especially prized when immature as a summer squash. In Mexico, C. argyrosperma seeds are an important food product.
Gem squash (Cucurbita pepo var. pepo) [1] is a variety of summer squash that may have been domesticated from two wild varieties; Cucurbita texana found in the southern and central United States and Cucurbita fraterna found in Mexico. [2]