Table of the characteristics of the main species of cultivated squash: Botanically, among the most frequently cultivated squashes in Europe, the following species are mainly distinguished, which can be distinguished by the characteristics of the peduncle when only fruit:
(Their chromosome number is 2n=2x=40)
Botanical name / Species | Sheets | Peduncle | Seeds | cultivars |
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c. maxima (Pumpkin) | five faintly rounded lobes whole heart-shaped | cylindrical, thick, spongy | large (20 to 30 mm) white or ocher slightly domed, oval, smooth | - pumpkins ('Vivid red from Etampes', 'Yellow wholesale from Paris', 'Blue from Hungary', 'Green olive', etc.) - group of Hubbard squashes and Kabochas with pumpkins, all pear-shaped - 'Marina di Chioggia' squash - Eysines scabby squash - Giromos - Atlantic Giant, which holds the world record in height and weight with 951 kg |
C. ficifolia Siam squash | five rounded lobes Fig leaf look | thin, angular | medium, 15 to 20 mm black seeds | No recognized varieties |
c pepo Pumpkin, Zucchini | deeply cut marbled with white | five-ribbed angular does not expand at the point of insertion | small (7 to 20 mm) beige, smooth | - Pumpkin from Touraine (fodder) - Hasty neck-tors - 'Acorn' squash - 'Jack-Be-Little' '- Lady Godiva' or 'Almond squash', bare-seeded squash whose seeds are eaten. - Jaspered Melonnette from Vendée - 'Patidou' with the flavor of fresh chestnut which can be eaten both raw and cooked. - pastries - Golden Apple - Spaghetti squash or 'vegetable spaghetti', 'vespagh' whose flesh breaks up into filaments when cooked. -'Sugar from Brazil' - 'Winter Luxury' - all varieties of zucchini |
C. argyrosperma (Cushaw) | spotted with white slightly trilobed large, oval, cordate tight or jagged edges | thick and sturdy | about 1,5×3,5cm greyish-white or yellowish elliptical, flattened | Two wild subspecies, one of which is also cultivated with three varieties argyrosperma, stenosperma, callycarpa |
C. moschata (butternut squash) | whole, heart-shaped marbled with white velvety | five-ribbed angular markedly enlarged at the point of insertion on the fruit | small (10 to 12 mm) flattened, oval grey-brown to dark ocher filmy, strongly marked and wavy margins | - Butternut squash from Provence - 'Berry Sucrine' - 'Nice Long' - 'Doubeurre' or squash' butternut' or Squash |
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