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Cucurbita radicans

Plants

Family: Cucurbitaceae · Genus: Cucurbita

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Cucurbita radicans, commonly known in Mexico as calabacilla or calabaza de coyote, is a species of gourd found growing wild, but also cultivated, in southern Mexico. The type specimen was collected growing in rocks below a mountain near Guadalupe in the vicinity of Mexico City ; other specimens were also ubiquitous in the area; in corn fields and gardens, either being cultivated, or as invaders. It is a close relative of Cucurbita pedatifolia.

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