Kabocha
Cucurbita maxima
The story
Over 4,000 years ago, in northern Argentina near the Andes or within certain Andean valleys, people began domesticating a wild plant known as Cucurbita maxima subsp. andreana. This ancient relationship transformed the wild species into one of the most diverse domesticated crops on Earth, eventually spreading to secondary centers of diversity as far as India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and the southern Appalachians.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
About
Cucurbita maxima, one of at least four species of cultivated squash, is one of the most diverse domesticated species. This species originated in South America from the wild Cucurbita andreana over 4000 years ago. The two species hybridize quite readily but have noticeably different calcium levels.
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Kabocha
- Slug
- kabocha
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Cucurbita
- Species
- maxima
- Category
- Squash
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 45
Generated sections & citations
summaryinaturalist
fun_facts_kidsllm_gemini · confidence 1.00
- inaturalist (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbita maxima
- inaturalist (common_name)
- wikipedia (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbita_maxima
fun_facts_adultllm_gemini · confidence 1.00
- inaturalist (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbita maxima
- wikipedia (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbita_maxima
storyllm_gemini · confidence 1.00
- inaturalist (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbita maxima
- wikipedia (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbita_maxima