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This list of gourds and squashes provides an alphabetical list of (mostly edible) varieties of the plant genus Cucurbita, commonly called gourds, squashes, pumpkins and zucchinis/courgettes. Common names can differ by location. The varieties included below are members of the following species: C. argyrosperma; C. ficifolia; C. maxima; C. moschata
São Paulo pumpkin or Abóbora paulista is a butternut-shaped variety with well-defined white and green stripes along its length; Seminole pumpkin – an heirloom variety originally cultivated by the Seminole people of what is now Florida [17] Tromboncino – a summer squash, also known as "Zucchetta" [18]
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Per Britannica, pumpkin is technically a type of berry called a pepo, which is a fruit that has a hard outer layer and no dividing chambers. (And for the record, squash is also technically a fruit.)
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.
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Pumpkin contains powerful antioxidants including beta-carotene (which converts to vitamin A and is what makes pumpkins orange!), alpha-carotene, and beta-cryptoxanthin that can help eliminate cell ...
[16] [17] A 1989 study on the origins and development of C. pepo suggested that the original wild specimen was a small round fruit and that the modern pumpkin is its direct descendant. This investigation proposed that the crookneck, ornamental gourd, and scallop are early variants, and that the acorn is a cross between the scallop and pumpkin. [8]