Cucurbitaceae
Figleaf gourd
Cucurbita ficifolia
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Cucurbita
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Common names
By language (18)
- Arabic
- بذر القرع
- arz
- قرع فيشسفوليا
- Chinese
- 魚翅瓜, 榕叶南瓜, 白皮黑子南瓜, 黑籽南瓜
- Czech
- Tykev fíkolistá
- Dutch
- Vijgenbladpompoen
- English
- Figleaf gourd, Black seed squash, Cidra, Fig-leaf gourd, Malabar gourd
- Esperanto
- Figfolia melono
- French
- Courge de Siam
- German
- Feigenblatt-Kürbis
- Hungarian
- Fügelevelű tök
- Indonesian
- Labu malabar
- Japanese
- クロダネカボチャ
- nah
- Chilacayohtli
- Persian
- کدوی تخمسیاه
- Polish
- Dynia figolistna
- Portuguese
- Chila-caiota
- Russian
- Тыква фиголистная
- Slovenian
- Smokvolistna buča, Figovolistna buča
Synonyms
- Cucurbita ficifolia f. leucosperma Zhit.
- Cucurbita ficifolia f. melanosperma Zhit.
- Cucurbita ficifolia var. mexicana G.Nicholson
- Cucurbita melanosperma A.Braun
- Cucurbita mexicana Dammann
- Pepo ficifolia (Bouché) Britton
- Pepo malabaricus Sageret
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May, July, October to November (from 36 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Stephen Thorpe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ricard Busquets Reverte, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Stephen Thorpe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alejandro Alfredo Aguirre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Caicedo Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Spedona, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DenesFeri, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: DenesFeri, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.