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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.
Solanum nigrum, the European black nightshade or simply black nightshade or blackberry nightshade, [1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae, native to Eurasia and introduced in the Americas, Australasia, and South Africa.
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.
It is a deciduous, dicot shrub growing 0.5–2.5 metres (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 –8 ft) tall. The bark is smooth and reddish grey in colour, the twigs glabrous. [9]The leaves are opposite, elliptic in shape, 6–10 centimetres (2 + 1 ⁄ 4 –4 in) long, unlobed or shallowly 3-lobed, jaggedly serrated, and turning red in autumn; their underside glabrous, especially along the veins.
One hectare of plants can produce 2.5 tons of seed. [10] The plant forms a fleshy tap root that is used as a storage and overwintering structure. [12] The central tap root can weigh up to 72 kg (159 lb). A four-year-old root grown under cultivation can reach a fresh weight of 45 kg (99 lb) and a length of 2.5 m (8.2 ft). [5]
[3] [4] This annual herbaceous plant is cultivated in the for its nutritional value: its flowers, shoots, and fruits are all harvested, but it is cultivated commonly in its native range for seeds. [5] The species is believed to have originated in Mexico, from its wild sororia form. [6] The reference genome of this species was published in 2019. [7]
Resistant varieties to squash bug are lemon squash, butternut squash, Zucchino Rampicante squash, early summer crookneck, Royal Acorn, Butternut 23 and Improved Green Hubbard.
Cucurbita female flower with pollinating squash bees. All species of Cucurbita have 20 pairs of chromosomes. [15] Many North and Central American species are visited by specialist pollinators in the apid tribe Eucerini, especially the genera Peponapis and Xenoglossa, and these squash bees can be crucial to the flowers producing fruit after ...