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Cucurbita pepo

Species category

Vegetable

Common name

field pumpkin, vegetable marrow, field pumpkin, jack-o-lantern pumpkin, zucchini, cocozelle, citrouille

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

ObovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.

Size

  • Length 15 mm
  • Width 9 mm
  • Thickness 2 mm

Color

Yellowish-white

Texture

Soft and corky

Other structures

Broad, wrinkled groove following the margin

Identification notes

The margin has a conspicuous groove that is wide and transversely wrinkled.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Included

Nomenclature

Family

Cucurbitaceae

Valid name

Cucurbita pepo L.

Cucurbita pepo. Seeds with a broad, wrinkled groove following the margin. 
Cucurbita pepo. Seeds with a broad, wrinkled groove following the margin. 
Cucurbita pepo. Close up view of seed. Broad wrinkled groove following the margin. Photo by Norma Diaz, USDA-APHIS-PPQ.
Cucurbita pepo. Close up view of seed. Broad wrinkled groove following the margin. Photo by Norma Diaz, USDA-APHIS-PPQ.