Cucurbitaceae
Field pumpkin
Cucurbita melopepo
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Cucurbita
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- قرع كوسة
- Chinese
- 田野南瓜
- English
- Field pumpkin
- German
- Melonenkürbis, Zierkürbis
Synonyms
- Cucurbita ovifera L.
- Cucurbita pepo subsp. ovifera (L.) D.S.Decker
- Cucurbita pepo var. ovifera (L.) Alef.
- Cucurbita subverrucosa Willd.
- Cucurbita verrucosa L.
- Pepo ovifer (L.) Peterm.
Photos
Photo: Charles T. Bryson, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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). About our plant data.