Cucurbita pepo

Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Cucurbita pepo
Scientific Name and Description
Cucurbita pepo L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Climber

Plant Synonyms

Plant Synonyms
Citrullus variegatus Schrad. ex M.Roem.
Cucumis pepo (L.) Dumort.
Cucumis zapallo Steud.
Cucurbita aurantia Willd.
Cucurbita ceratoceras Haberle ex Mart.
Cucurbita clodiensis Nocca
Cucurbita courgero Ser.
Cucurbita elongata Bean ex Schrad.
Cucurbita esculenta Gray
Cucurbita fastuosa Salisb.
Cucurbita grisea M.Roem.
Cucurbita hybrida Bertol. ex Naudin
Cucurbita lignosa Mill.
Cucurbita mammeata Molina
Cucurbita mammosa J.F.Gmel.
Cucurbita marsupiiformis Haberle ex M.Roem. [Invalid]
Cucurbita melopepo L.
Cucurbita oblonga Link
Cucurbita polymorpha Duchesne
Cucurbita pomiformis M.Roem.
Cucurbita pyridaris Duchesne ex Poir.
Cucurbita pyxidaris DC.
Cucurbita subverrucosa Willd.
Cucurbita succado Nägeli ex Naudin
Cucurbita succedo Arn.
Cucurbita tuberculosa Schrad.
Cucurbita urnigera Schrad.
Cucurbita variegata Steud.
Cucurbita venosa Descourt.
Cucurbita verrucosa L.
Pepo citrullus Sageret
Pepo potiron Sageret
Pepo vulgaris Moench

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

English cocozelle, courgette, crookneck, field pumpkin, marrow, pepita, pomion, pumpkin, summer squash, vegetable marrow, vegetable spaghetti, zucchini
Hindi kadimah, konda, kondha, kudimah, kumra, lauka, petha, safed kaddu, safedkaddu, Kaddu, Shimla(
Kannada bileegumbala, boodagumbala, boodugumbala, bude-kumbala-kayi
Malayalam kumpalam, kumpalanna
Marathi bhopli, kohala, Kaddu, Dudhi
Sanskrit karkaru, kurkaru, kurlaru, kushmanda, kushmandi, kushpandaha, kusmanda, Kushmanda
Tamil campal pucani, kaliyana-pashnik-kay, kaliyana-pushinik-kay, kaliyanappucinikkay, kalyana poosuni, kalyanappucani, kul-ppantam, perum pucani, pottai-gammadi, pucani, suraikai, tatiyan kay, vellaippucani, Seemai Poonalakku
Telugu boodadegummadi, boodigummadi, budadegummadi, budide-gummadi, pendli-gummadi-kaya, pottigummadi
Tibetan bum sa
Bengali Kumro
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Homoeopathy
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Leaves
Ethnopharmacology use

Cucurbita pepo L.

Habit - Climber

Parts used - Leaves

Application - Vegetable

Treatment - General

References - Dansi et al. 2008


 

References

Literature

Literature
Dansi et al. 2008
A CATALOGUE OF INDIAN SYNONYMS Author - MOODEEN SHERIFF
A DICTIONARY OF THE ECONOMIC PRODUCTS OF INDIA VOL.I - 4 Author - GEORGE WATT
ASTANGA HRIDAYA KOSHA Author - ANONYMOUS
GLOSSARY OF VEGETABLE DRUGS IN BRHTTRAYI Author - THAKUR BALWANT SINGH & DR. K.C.CHUNEKAR
INDIAN MATERIA MEDICA, FIRST EDITION 1908, 3RD EDITION 1954 Author - LATE DR.K.M.NADKARNI & A.K.NADKARNI
INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS Vol 1 -4 Author - K.R. KIRTIKAR, B.D. BASU & AN I.C.S.
FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 1 Author - HARIDASAN K & RAO R R
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
lora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
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 pepo. (2024, June 6). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbita_pepo