Cucurbita maxima Duchesne subsp. maxima GRIN-Global

Taxon: Cucurbita maxima Duchesne subsp. maxima (Cucurbita maxima Banana, Hubbard, Mammoth, and Turban Groups)

Summary

Genus:

Cucurbita

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Tribe:

Cucurbiteae

Nomen number:

311569

Comment:

[or C. maxima Banana, Hubbard, Mammoth, and Turban Groups]

Verified:

06/19/1991 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Cucurbita maxima Duchesne (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne subsp. andreana (Naudin) Filov (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Cucurbita maxima Duchesne var. turbaniformis (M. Roem.) L. H. Bailey
Cucurbita turbaniformis M. Roem.

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Reference(s)

Bisset, N. G., ed. Herbal drugs and phytopharmaceuticals. A handbook for practice on a scientific basis. 1994
Decker-Walters, D. S. et al. 1990. Genealogy and gene flow among annual domesticated species of Cucurbita. Canad. J. Bot. 68:783.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
Nee, M. 1990. The domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):59.
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
Sisko, M. et al. 2003. Genome size analysis in the genus Cucurbita and its use for determination of interspecific hybrids obtained using the embryo-rescue technique. Pl. Sci. (Elsevier) 165:663-669.
Soukup, J. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. 1970
Whitake, T. W. 1990. Cucurbits of potential economic importance. Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae. 1990 332.

Common names

English
banana squash –
buttercup squash –
giant pumpkin –
Hubbard squash –
turban squash –
winter squash –
French
courge commune –
giraumon –
pâtisson –
potiron –
German
Riesenkürbis –
Portuguese
abóbora-moranga –
Spanish
calabaza amarilla –
zapallo –
Spanish (Peru)
loche –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
2	Cultivated

Cultivated ()

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Reference
Human food	fruit	Nee, M. 1990. The domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):59.
Human food	oil/fat	Whitake, T. W. 1990. Cucurbits of potential economic importance. Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae. 1990 332.
Human food	seeds	Whitake, T. W. 1990. Cucurbits of potential economic importance. Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae. 1990 332.
Human food	vegetable	Nee, M. 1990. The domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):59.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=311569. Accessed 14 December 2025.