Synonym(s)
cucurbita pepo
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The garden pumpkin, also called Cucurbita pepo, is a pumpkin variety used in horticulture and belongs to the genus Cucurbita.
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The garden pumpkin is an annual and herbaceous plant. The plant grows as a climbing plant or creeping plant with an extension of up to 10 m. Its simple leaves have long stems and heart-shaped, large leaf blades.
The funnel-shaped flowers of the plant are open in the morning, golden yellow in colour. Cucurbita pepo flowers from June to August.
The fruit of the garden pumpkin is yellow to orange in colour and has a roundish or elongated shape with a size of 15 to 40 cm in diameter. The fruits are berries that weigh over 30 kg.
Cucurbita pepo is the parent plant of Cucurbitae peponis semen, the pumpkin seeds
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