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Cucurbita ficifolia

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Family: Cucurbitaceae · Genus: Cucurbita

Cucurbita ficifolia

Victor M. Vicente Selvas · public_domain

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Cucurbita ficifolia is a species of squash, grown for its edible seeds, fruit, and greens native to the Americas. It has common names including black seed squash, chilacayote, cidra, fig-leaf gourd, and Malabar gourd. This species is grown widely from Argentina and Chile to Mexico. It is also cultivated in regions of the world including India, Japan, Korea, China, the Philippines, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Angola.

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