Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Cucurbita maxima
Scientific Name and Description
Cucurbita maxima DUCHESNE
Herb Family
Plant type
Creeper
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Cucumis rapallito Carrière
Cucumis zapallito Carrière
Cucurbita farinae Mozz. ex Naudin
Cucurbita maxima var. triloba Millán
Cucurbita maxima var. turgida L.H.Bailey
Cucurbita maxima var. zapallito (Carrière) Millán
Cucurbita maxima var. zipinka Millán
Cucurbita pileiformis M.Roem.
Cucurbita rapallito Carrière
Cucurbita sulcata Blanco
Cucurbita turbaniformis M.Roem.
Cucurbita zapallito Carrière
Pepo maximus Peterm.
Pileocalyx elegans Gasp.
Cucumis zapallito Carrière
Cucurbita farinae Mozz. ex Naudin
Cucurbita maxima var. triloba Millán
Cucurbita maxima var. turgida L.H.Bailey
Cucurbita maxima var. zapallito (Carrière) Millán
Cucurbita maxima var. zipinka Millán
Cucurbita pileiformis M.Roem.
Cucurbita rapallito Carrière
Cucurbita sulcata Blanco
Cucurbita turbaniformis M.Roem.
Cucurbita zapallito Carrière
Pepo maximus Peterm.
Pileocalyx elegans Gasp.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Common names | winter squash, Hubbard squash |
| English | pumpkin, turks cap gourd, winter squash |
| Hindi | kaddu, kadu, kashiphala, lal kolu, lal kumra, lalkumra, meetha kaddu, mithakaddu, pilakohola,Kaddu |
| Kannada | chini kaayi, chinikavi, govekaayi, gumbalo, kumbala, kumbala kaayi, kumbala-hannu, kumbala-kayi, kumbalakai, see gumbala |
| Malayalam | chakkerakumpalan, mattan, mattanga |
| Marathi | bhomphala, dudhni, lal, tambda bhopla,Kaddu |
| Sanskrit | dadhiphala, dangari, gramya, gudayogaphala, kushmanda, peetaphala, pitakushmanda, pitakusmandah, pitaphala, pitapushpa, punyalatha, Kushmanda |
| Tamil | akantamarican, animulai, animulaimatu, aracanikkay, arasanikai, carkkaraipparanki, carkkaraippucani, carukkaraipparanki, carukkaraippucanai,cempucani, cikivarttakam,cinakkaykkoti, curiyaputattan, inippupucani, kacinikkuppantam, kakarupala, kampalam, kampu1, kanipalamulai, kantupariccunai, karkaru, kucumantakkay, kulika, kulikakkoti, kumutikai, kumutikaikkoti, kuppil, mancal pucani, matavappiriyakkoti, matavappiriyam, nalla-pusini, nallapucani, naratiya,nompurikakkoti, nompurikam, parangi kayi, parangikayi, paranki, parankik kay, parankikkay, parankikkoti, parankkikai, pasanavuralpokki, patarkay1, periyakatalai, perumpantakkoti, perumpantam, pooshalni, pucanai, pucani, pucanikkay, pucuni , pulaippucanikkoti, pulipalam, puliyacani, puliyacanikkoti, puliyamalam, puliyapalam, pushini, pushinik-kay, pusini, pusinikkay, putpalata, sarkarai pusunai, tecalika, tecalikappucanikkoti, tevatalikam, tiravapotakkoti, tiravapotam |
| Telugu | erra gummadi, gummadi, gummadi kaaya, gummadi kayi, gummadi-kaya, thiyya gummadi, tiyya gummadi |
| Urdu | maghz tukhm kaddu, maghz tukhm-i-kaddu, maghz-i-tukhm-i-kaddu |
| Bengali | Kumro |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Phytochemicals
Herb usable parts
Aerial parts
Fruits
Ethnopharmacology use
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Habit - Climber
Parts used - Aerial parts
Application - Inflammations; burns; vegetable
Treatment - General
References - Dansi et al. 2008, Prashanth Kumar and Shiddamallayya 2015
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
Dansi et al. 2008
Prashanth Kumar and Shiddamallayya 2015
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal) Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Cucurbita maxima. (2024, April 6). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbita_maxima