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Cucurbita pepo - Flower side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower side view; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 6/2006 © Jörn Germer

Cucurbita pepo - Flowers close-up - Click to enlarge!

Flowers close-up; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 6/2006 © Jörn Germer

Cucurbita pepo - Leaf upper side - Click to enlarge!

Leaf upper side; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 6/2006 © Jörn Germer

Cucurbita pepo - Leaf lower side - Click to enlarge!

Leaf lower side; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 6/2006 © Jörn Germer

Cucurbita pepo - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 6/2006 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 450
Date of entry: 21.10.2006
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Zucchini

German: Zucchini

Mandarin: 西葫芦 (xi hu lu)

Portuguese: Abobrinha, Courgette

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2728)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2642)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2226)

      Order: Cucurbitales (27)

        Family: Cucurbitaceae (27)(family description)

          Genus: Cucurbita (3)

            Epithet: pepo L. (1)

              Variety: cylindrica Paris

Synonym: Cucurbita elongata Bean ex Schrad.

cylindrica => cylindrical

elongata => elongated, lengthened, drawn out, extended

pepo => fruit like a pumpkin or gourd

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

External links

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