Cucurbita pepo is a cultivated plant of the genus Cucurbita. It yields varieties of winter squash and pumpkin, but the most widespread varieties belong to the subspecies Cucurbita pepo subsp. pepo, called summer squash.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of American pumpkin being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Cucurbita maxima
- Cucurbita melopepo
- Cucurbita moschata
- Cucurbita ficifolia
- Cucumis sativus
- Benincasa hispida
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Cucurbitales
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Cucurbita
- Species
- Cucurbita pepo
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