atoll research bulletin no. 392 the flora of - Smithsonian Institution ...

Cucurbita maxima Duch. "pumpkin", "winter squash", "autumn squash"
dabamakin (N); te baukin, te bamakin, te bangke (K)
Recent introduction? S . America. Rare. Prostrate, long-trailing, slightly rough,
herbaceous, annual vine, with branched tendrils; stems, soft, round in cross-section;
leaves, 6 to 19 cm long and 7 to 20 cm wide, slightly kidney-shaped (subreniform),
nearly orbicular in outline, shallowly 5-lobed, cordate with a very deep sinus, margins
denticulate, green, occasionally with white blotches, coarsely pubescent, not rigid;
petioles, up to 20 cm long; flowers, solitary, monoecious, bell-shaped, acute or obtuse in
bud, corolla lobes curved outward, bright yellow; male flowers, 4 to 7 cm long on
peduncles, 10 to 17 cm long; sepal lobes, linear; calyx lobes, narrow subulate; female
flowers, on a soft corky peduncle, thickening to a fruit-stalk, up to 7 cm long, thicker
than stem, spongy, nearly cylindrical, not expanded at point of attachment to fruit; fruit,
variously shaped, hard, green to dull orange or yellow, often mottled, usually hollow;
flesh, yellow to orange, rather fibrous; seeds, 16 to 20 mm long and 8 to 12 mm wide,
not separating easily and cleanly from pulp, dull white or buff, usually smooth or glossy,
sometimes with fine wrinkles, ovate, attachment acute and asymmetrical, apex nearly
straight across or oblique, margin or rim, smooth, obtuse, single, slightly raised. Food
plant, often adventive in gardens. Fruit cooked as a vegetable. 3.
Cucurbita pep0 L. "pumpkin", "field pumpkin", "summer squash", "marrow"
dabamakin (N); te baukin, te bamakin, te bangke (K); panikeni (T)
Pre-World War I1 introduction. Trop. America. Prostrate, long-trailing (rarely
somewhat erect), slightly rough, hard-stemmed, herbaceous, annual vine, with 4- to 5-
branched tendrils; stems, harsh to touch and spiculate, round in cross-section; leaves, 6
to 19 cm long and 7 to 20 cm wide, broadly triangular or heart-shaped, often pointed,
palmately, deeply 5-lobed, broad sinus between lobes, central lobe longest, rather finely
toothed, harsh to the touch and spiculate, more prickly than C. maxima, cordate with
narrow, acute sinuses, green, occasionally with white blotches, stiff and more or less
rigid, foliage held upright; petioles, up to 15 cm long; flowers, solitary, monoecious,
bell-shaped, acuminate in bud, corolla lobes nearly always upright, bright yellow to
yellow-orange; sepals, short, awl-shaped; calyx lobes, narrow subulate; male flowers, 5
to 6 cm long on peduncles; female flowers, on a hard, sharply 5-angular, grooved
peduncles, maturing into a short fruit-stalk, without cork development and not, or only
slightly enlarged at point of attachment to fruit; fruit, variable, usually spherical-oblate,
dull orange to orange-brown, sides radially round-ridged, hollow; flesh, orange, coarsegrained,
rather fibrous; seeds, 10 to 18 mm long and 8 to 11 mm wide, separating easily
and cleanly from pulp, dirty white or creamy white, smooth or finely granular, ovate,
atkchment ob tusead _ symmetrical,~apex~uSually~~traight~acms,~ _thin or fairlk plump,
margin or rim, smooth, obtuse, clearly defined, usually appearing double. Occasional.
Food plant, often adventive in waste places and gardens at Location and elsewhere on the
coastal strip. Fruit cooked as a vegetable. 3, 5, 6, 7.