Cucurbita citrullus. Watermelon. Cucurbita pepo. Pumpkin.
Classic texts: The American Eclectic Dispensatory, by John King, 1854.
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Cucurbita pepo L.
Engl.: field pumpkin, pumpkin, acorn squash, delicata squash, Jack o'lanterns, marrow, naked-seeded pumpkin, spaghetti squash, squash, summer squash.
Deu.: Kürbis.
Sven.: pumpa, sommarsquash, spagettipumpa, vintersquash.
Suom.: kurpitsa, kesäkurpitsa, koristekurpitsa, spagettikurpitsa, zucchini.
Bot. syn.: Cucumis pepo (L.) Dumort, Pepo pepo (L.) Britt ex Small.
Classic texts: The American Eclectic Dispensatory, by John King, 1854.
Classic texts: John Hill 1812.
Classic texts: John Hill 1812.
Classic texts: Scudder's Materia Medica, 1898: Diuretics.
Classic texts: Madaus 1938.
Culinary herbfaq: single herbs.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Classic texts: Sayre 1917.
Classic texts: HistVD, 1911.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: Felter 1922.
Classic texts: Cook 1869.
Classic texts: BPC 1911.
Classic texts: Boericke 1901.
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