Cucurbita maxima Duchesne

English: Winter squash

German: Riesenkürbis, Speisekürbis

Mandarin: 笋瓜 (sun gua)

Portuguese: Aboboreira

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Cucurbitales (26)

        Family: Cucurbitaceae (26)(family description)

          Genus: Cucurbita (2)

            Epithet: maxima Duchesne (4)

maxima => largest

Climate: temperate, sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

Check for Cucurbita maxima at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [517] Cucurbita maxima - Plants For A Future database

• [17] Rothmaler, W. (1995): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Band 3, Gefäßpflanzen: Atlasband. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.