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2. Cucurbita moschata Duchesnewfo-0000629110

Essai Hist. Nat. Courges: 7. 1786; Craib, Fl. Siam. 1: 761. 1931; Backer in Backer & Bakh. f., Fl. Java 1: 305. 1964; Keraudren in Aubrév. & J.-F.Leroy, Fl. Cambodge, Laos & Vietnam 15: 104. 1975; P.H.Hô, Câyco Vietnam 1, 2: 721, f. 2000. 1991; S.K.Chen in C.Y.Wu, C.Chen & S.K.Chen, Fl. Yunnan. 6: 379, pl. 100: 1–6. 1995.— Cucurbita pepo var. moschata (Duchesne) Lam., Enc. Méth. Bot.: 152. 1786. Plate XLIV: 2.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Description : Plants including leaves hairy, not scabrous. Leaves: blade lobed, lobes acute or obtuse. Male flowers: pedicel subterete; receptacle-tube (shortly) campanulate; sepals linear. Female flowers: pedicel ± angular; receptacle-tube as in male; sepals ± linear or mostly leaf-like broadened at apex (long-clawed). Fruit (depressed) globose, elongated or flask-shaped, often shallowly furrowed (sulcate) from apex to petiole; fruiting pedicel angled, distinctly broadened at the transition to the fruit. Seeds variable in size, 10–15(–20) mm long.

Vernacular : Nam tao (น้ำเต้า)(Peninsular); fak khiao (ฟักเขียว), ma fak kaeo (มะฟักแก้ว)(Northern); fak thong (ฟักทอง)(Central); ma nam kaeo (มะน้ำแก้ว)(Loei); mak-khi-sa (หมักคี้ส่า), lueang-khe-sa (เหลืองเคส่า)(Karen-Mae Hong Son); mak ue (หมักอื้อ)(Loei, Prachin Buri); mak-fak-lueang (หมากฟักเหลือง)(Shan-Mae Hong Son).

CommonName : Cuchew, Pumpkin, Winter squash.

Notes: Cucurbita moschata is the most heat-tolerant species and found most frequently in the lowland tropics.