Abelmoschus esculentus (L - the University of Maine at Fort Kent

Kermath, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in the Americs
SPANISH: ahuyama, auyama, ayote, calabaza, calabaza amarilla,
calabaza grande, calabazona, casposo, hoyito, liso, moranga,
sapayo, tamacayota, tamalayota, zapallitos de árbol, zapallo,
zapallu
USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is eaten as a vegetable, raw, cooked, or
roasted. Seeds are eaten roasted and contain an oil used for
cooking and lighting.
NATURAL RANGE: Coastal and/or perhaps Andean Peru
REFERENCES: Berg 1984, Bourke et al. 1987, Cárdenas 1969, Cid 1978,
Coe 1994, Foster and Cordell 1992, Guia Rural 1990, Houaiss 1982,
IBGE 1980, León 1987, Leung 1961, National Research Council 1989,
Omawale 1973, OAS 1973, Pérez-Arbeláez 1956, Purseglove 1968,
Rehm and Espig 1991, West and Whitaker 1979, Whitaker and Davis
1962
Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poiret [syn. C.
pepo var. moschata Duchesne ex Lam.]
FAMILY: Cucurbitaceae (gourd)
ENGLISH: butternut squash, buttersquash, crookneck, crookneck
squash, Cuban pumpkin, cushaw, golden cushaw, Japanese pumpkin,
melon squash, muskmelon, musky pumpkin, musky squash, musky
winter squash, squash, pumpkin, Seminole pumpkin, summer squash,
winter crookneck, winter squash, winter straightneck squash
PORTUGUESE: abóbora cheirosa, abóbora almiscar, abóbora catinga,
abóbora melão, abóbora rasteira, jerimum
SPANISH: ahuyama, anco, andaí, aullama, auyama, ayote, calabacín,
calabaza, calabaza de pepita menuda, calabaza moscada, chaay
k’uum, chaay pach, ch’um, joko, kalamasa, kum, lacahuite,
lacayote, lakawiti, mocure, sapayo, seiyou, semheeya, xnuk kuum,
zapallo, zapayo, zapotilla
USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is cooked as a vegetable or dried and used
for flour, seed is edible after roasting, and leaves of some
varieties are eaten. Cucurbita moschata cultivars are a common
source of canned pumpkin pie filling in North America.
NATURAL RANGE: Highlands of Mexico and Guatemala
REFERENCES: Bonuccelli 1989, Bourke et al. 1987, Cárdenas 1969,
CONANP 2006, Duke 1986, Guia Rural 1990, IBGE 1980, León 1987,
Leung 1961, Madsen 1991, MBG n.d., Naranjo 1991, Niembro Rocas
1992, NRC 1989, OAS 1973, Purseglove 1968, Rehm and Espig 1991,
Soukup 1970, Yamaguchi 1983
Cucurbita pepo L.
FAMILY: Cucurbitaceae (gourd)
ENGLISH: autumn pumpkin, autumn squash, bush scallop, bush squash,
common pumpkin, field pumpkin, gem squash, gourd, marrow,
pumpkin, summer pumpkin, summer squash, vegetable marrow, winter
squash, zucchini
PORTUGUESE: abóbora-carneira, abóbora-cheirosa, abóbora-de-porco,
abóbora-mocanga, abóbora-moranga, abóbora-porqueira, abóborarasteira,
cambuquira, jerimu, jurumum
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