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Cucurbita moschata

Species category

Vegetable

Common name

crookneck squash, butternut squash, Tahitian squash, golden cushaw, calabaza, Dickinson pumpkin, neck pumpkin, West Indian pumpkin, Seminole pumpkin, large cheese pumpkin, Long Island cheese pumpkin, Kentucky field pumpkin, Tennessee sweet potato 

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

True seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.

Shape

SpatulateSpatulate:
Having a narrow base and rounded apex. Pear-shaped.

Size

  • Length 13 mm
  • Width 7 mm
  • Thickness 2 mm

Color

Yellowish-white

Texture

Wrinkled and corky

Other structures

HilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
 at the end of the extended neck; groove follows the seed margin.

Identification notes

The extended neck at the hilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
 is conspicuous.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Cucurbitaceae

Valid name

Cucurbita moschata Duchesne

Synonyms

Pepo moschata (Duchesne) Britton

Cucurbita moschata. Seeds with the hilum at the end of the extended neck, and a groove that follows the seed margin. 
Cucurbita moschata. Seeds with the hilum at the end of the extended neck, and a groove that follows the seed margin.