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Cucurbita maxima

Cucurbita maxima, Cult,Coromandel, Mar.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Cult,Coromandel, March.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

pumpkin

Biostatus

Exotic

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - Dicotyledons

Flower colours

Yellow

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Cucurbitaceae

Authority

Cucurbita maxima Duchesne

Ecology

Year naturalised

1940

Origin

Central and N. Southern America

Other information

Etymology

cucurbita: From the Latin curbita ‘gourd’