Vegetable
winter squash, Hubbard squash, Queensland blue squash, banana squash, buttercup squash, Hokkaido squash, winter marrow, Atlantic giant pumpkin, mammoth pumpkin
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.
EllipticElliptic:
Outline of an ellipse; greatest width midway sloping to an equally pointed apex and base.
White
Surface are soft and corky
HilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
is slightly oblique. Perimeter groove is just inside the margin.
Seed is a broad ovalOval:
Broadly elliptic.
with a soft, corky and wrinkled surface.
Not listed
Not included
Cucurbitaceae
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne var. turbaniformis Alef.
