Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cucurbita moschata Duchesne [Cucurbitaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abóbora-rasteira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
auyama	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ayote	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bisam-kürbis	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
butternut pumpkin	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
butternut squash	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
calabaza moscada	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
calabaza pellejo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
calabaza pumpkin	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cheese pumpkin	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chicamita	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
citrouille	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
courge	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
courge musquée	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
crookneck squash	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cushaw	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dangar-bela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dangara balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dangara kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
danger vela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fak-thong	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fú guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fān guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ghia kadoo	Other	Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
golden cushaw	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gourd	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
halva kaddu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hobag	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jangli kaddu	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jīn guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kaddhu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaddu	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kala bhopala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kali-dudhi	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kali-dudhni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kandugumbala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kashiphal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
khayar-e-kaddu	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
khola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kikuza-kabocha	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kolais	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolaro vela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolaro-bela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolias	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumra	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kumrah	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumshmaanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
labu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
labu manis	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
labu merah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
labu parang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lacayote	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
m	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
maghz-e-tukhm-e-kaddu-shireen	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
mitha-kaddu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nán guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
paranki pucani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
polon wattakka	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
potti gummadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pucani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pumkin	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pumpkin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
q’ra	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
rata labu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
schaken-schora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sihi kumbala kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sitaphal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
sorakai	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
squash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
waluh	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
winter squash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
පොළොන් වට්ටක්කා	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
රට ලබු	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
伏瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
南瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
南瓜叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
南瓜子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
南瓜根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
南瓜瓤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
南瓜花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
南瓜蒂	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
南瓜藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
南瓜须	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
番瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
盘肠草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
金瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruit		Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
fruit		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fruit, pulp, seed, root, stem		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Fruit (Seed)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 31 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cucurbita pepo var. moschata (Duchesne) Duchesne in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 2: 152 (1786).
Cucurbita colombiana (Zhit.) Bukasov Trudy Prikl. Bot., Prilož. 47: 531 (1930).
Cucurbita hippopera Ser. Fl. Jard. 2: 531 (1847).
Cucurbita macrocarpa Gasp. Rendiconto Reale Accad. Sci. Fis. 6: 447 (1847).
Cucurbita meloniformis Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 52: 137 (1880).
Cucurbita moschata var. abbreviata Alef. Landw. Fl.: 227 (1866).
Cucurbita moschata var. barbarica Alef. Landw. Fl.: 226 (1866).
Cucurbita moschata var. brachiina Alef. Landw. Fl.: 227 (1866).
Cucurbita moschata var. brunnea Alef. Landw. Fl.: 226 (1866).
Cucurbita moschata var. claviformis Harz Landw. Samenk. 2: 824 (1885).
Cucurbita moschata var. colombiana Zhit. Trudy Prikl. Bot., Prilož. 47: 312, 531 (1930).
Cucurbita moschata var. cubensis Tod. Index Seminum (PAL, Panormitani) 1859: 30 (1859).
Cucurbita moschata var. depressa Harz Landw. Samenk. 2: 824 (1885).
Cucurbita moschata var. luffiformis H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 22: 49 (1948).
Cucurbita moschata var. macrocarpa (Gasp.) Tod. Index Seminum (PAL, Panormitani) 1857: 41 (1858).
Cucurbita moschata var. madagascariensis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 226 (1866).
Cucurbita moschata var. magna Harz Landw. Samenk. 2: 824 (1885).
Cucurbita moschata var. manticalis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 226 (1866).
Cucurbita moschata var. meloniformis (Carrière) L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 7: 468 (1948).
Cucurbita moschata var. mexicana Zhit. Trudy Prikl. Bot., Prilož. 47: 312, 531 (1930).
Cucurbita moschata var. minor Tod. Index Seminum (PAL, Panormitani) 1857: 41 (1858).
Cucurbita moschata var. naudinii Alef. Landw. Fl.: 226 (1866).
Cucurbita moschata var. pusilla Tod. Index Seminum (PAL, Panormitani) 1859: 30 (1859).
Cucurbita moschata var. toonas Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 36: 183 (1912).
Cucurbita moschata var. vulgaris Tod. Index Seminum (PAL, Panormitani) 1857: 40 (1858).
Cucurbita moschata f. yokohamana Makino J. Jap. Bot. 6: 6 (1929).
Gymnopetalum calyculatum Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv.: 332 (1861).
Pepo eximius Sageret Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 8: 311 (1826).
Pepo indicus Burm. Index Univers. Herb. Amboin. 5: 2 verso (1755).
Pepo macrocarpus Poit. Jard. Bot. Paris: 246 (1816).
Pepo moschatus (Duchesne) Britton Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Mem. 1: 96 (1918).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cucurbita moschata	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Cucurbita moschata (Dch. Ex Lam.) Duch. Ex Poir.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cucurbita moschata (Duch. Ex Lam.) Duch. Ex Poir.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cucurbita moschata (Duch. ex Lam.) Duch. ex Poir.	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Cucurbita moschata (Duch.) Poir.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne Ex Lam.) Duchesne Ex Poir.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Cucurbita moschata (Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
Cucurbita moschata (Ouch. ex Lam.) Ouch. ex Poir.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cucurbita moschata Buch.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Cucurbita moschata Duch.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cucurbita moschata Duch. ex Poir.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Cucurbita moschata Duch.(Duch. Ex Lam.) Duch. Ex Poir.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cucurbita moschata Duchesne	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cucurbita moschata Duchesne ex Poir.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cucurbita pepo L. var. moschata Ouch. ex Lam.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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