Butternut Pumpkin
கல்யாணப் பூசணிকুমড়া
Cucurbita moschata Duchesne
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 2.1 m
- wide
- 4.3 m
Cucurbitaceae
Also called Butternut Squash, Crookneck squash
Formerly Cucurbita colombiana, Cucurbita hippopera, Cucurbita macrocarpa, Cucurbita meloniformis, and 5 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- AnnualKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- As a cultigen from Mexico to GuatemalaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 1.2 m to 3.0 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 91 cm to 7.6 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- YellowRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Hebrew
- דלורית
- Chinese
- 南瓜, 中國南瓜, 南爪叶
- German
- Moschuskürbis
- Spanish
- Anco, Anquito, Auyama
- Finnish
- Myskikurpitsa
- French
- Courge musquée, Giraumon, Sucrine
- Latvian
- Sviesta ķirbis
- Dutch
- Flespompoen, Muskaatpompoen, Muskuspompoen
- Polish
- dynia piżmowa
- Portuguese
- Abóbora-cheirosa
- Swedish
- Myskpumpa
- Swahili
- Malenge
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Cucurbita moschata (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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