Cucurbitaceae
Missouri gourd
Cucurbita foetidissima
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Cucurbita
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (4)
- Catalan
- Buffalo gourd oil, Oli de Cucurbita foetidissima
- Chinese
- 臭瓜
- English
- Missouri gourd, Buffalo gourd
- Russian
- Тыква буйвола, Тыква койота
Synonyms
- Cucumis foetidissimus Hemsl.
- Cucumis perennis E.James
- Cucurbita foetidissima var. foetidissima
- Cucurbita perennis (E.James) A.Gray
- Ozodycus perennis (E.James) Raf.
- Pepo foetidissima (Kunth) Britton
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Liveon001 ©Travis K. Witt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: CharleBernardo, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Paigeblue08, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lee Ruk, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lee Ruk, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: M. Dolly from San Diego, U.S, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Samuel Harper Muldoon, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Samuel Harper Muldoon, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Samuel Harper Muldoon, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Samuel Harper Muldoon, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Samuel Harper Muldoon, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Cucurbita
- Field pumpkinCucurbita pepoCucurbitaceae
- Winter squashCucurbita maximaCucurbitaceae
- Crookneck squashCucurbita moschataCucurbitaceae
- Figleaf gourdCucurbita ficifoliaCucurbitaceae
- Cucurbita argyrospermaCucurbitaceae
- Coyote gourdCucurbita palmataCucurbitaceae
- Cucurbita ecuadorensisCucurbitaceae
- Fingerleaf gourdCucurbita digitataCucurbitaceae
- Cucurbita galeottiiCucurbitaceae
- Okeechobee gourdCucurbita okeechobeensisCucurbitaceae
- Cucurbita andreanaCucurbitaceae
- Cucurbita lundellianaCucurbitaceae
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.