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Cucurbita maxima
(giant pumpkin)

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Cucurbita maxima (giant pumpkin)

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22 November 2019

Datasheet Type(s)
Host Plant

Preferred Scientific Name
Cucurbita maxima

Preferred Common Name
giant pumpkin

Taxonomic Tree
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Dicotyledonae

Uses List
Essential oils
Spices and culinary herbs
Traditional/folklore
Vegetable

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Cucurbita maxima (giant pumpkin); Large pumpkin with smartphone for scale. Surrey, England. September 2020.

Fruit

Cucurbita maxima (giant pumpkin); Large pumpkin with smartphone for scale. Surrey, England. September 2020.

©Dr Philip Taylor (CABI)

Cucurbita maxima (giant pumpkin); 'Burgess' buttercup squash.

Fruits

Cucurbita maxima (giant pumpkin); 'Burgess' buttercup squash.

©Thomas A. Zitter

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

Cucurbita maxima Duchesne ex Lam.

Preferred Common Name

giant pumpkin

Other Scientific Names

Cucurbita turbaniformis M. Roem.

International Common Names

English: autumn squash; banana squash; buttercup squash; calabaza; courge; Hubbard squash; pumpkin; squash banana; squash buttercup; turban squash; winter squash; winter squash
Spanish: calabaza amarilla; calabaza de Castilla; calabaza redonda; zapallo
French: courge commune; giraumon; pâtisson; potiron
Chinese: zhong guo
Portuguese: abóbora-moranga; cabaca

Local Common Names

Germany: Kuerbis; Riesen- Kuerbis
Italy: zucca gigante
Netherlands: reuzenkalebas
Peru: loche
Russian Federation: tykva
Sweden: jaettepumpa

EPPO code

CUUMA (Cucurbita maxima)

Taxonomic Tree

Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Dicotyledonae
Order: Violales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Cucurbita
Species: Cucurbita maxima

List of Pests

Major host of:

Acanthocoris scabrator (squash bug); Alternaria cucumerina (cucumber blight); Anastrepha grandis (South American cucurbit fruit fly); Aphis gossypii (cotton aphid); Aulacophora foveicollis (red pumpkin beetle); Aulacophora indica (cucurbit beetle); Bactrocera cucurbitae (melon fly); Bactrocera diversa (fruit fly, three striped); Bactrocera dorsalis (Oriental fruit fly); Bactrocera tau; Beet pseudoyellows virus; Chalara elegans (black root rot); Chenopodium murale (nettleleaf goosefoot); Choanephora cucurbitarum (Choanephora fruit rot); Colletotrichum orbiculare (anthracnose of cucurbits); Corynespora cassiicola (target leaf spot of tomato); Cucumber mosaic virus (cucumber mosaic); Cucurbit aphid-borne yellows virus (Cucurbit aphid-borne yellows); Dacus ciliatus (lesser pumpkin fly); Deroceras invadens (tramp slug); Deroceras laeve (meadow slug); Diabrotica speciosa (cucurbit beetle); Didymella bryoniae (gummy stem blight of cucurbits); Dysmicoccus neobrevipes (grey pineapple mealybug); Erwinia tracheiphila (cucurbit bacterial wilt); Ferrisia virgata (striped mealybug); Frankliniella occidentalis (western flower thrips); Fusarium solani f.sp. cucurbitae (root rot: cucurbits); Golovinomyces orontii (powdery mildew); Lettuce infectious yellows virus (infectious yellows of lettuce); Liriomyza sativae (vegetable leaf miner); Lolium temulentum (darnel); Longidorus (longidorids); Megymenum brevicorne; Meloidogyne incognita (root-knot nematode); Murdannia nudiflora (doveweed); Nacobbus aberrans (false root-knot nematode); Phytophthora cryptogea (tomato foot rot); Podosphaera xanthii (powdery mildew of cucurbits); Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae (bacterial canker or blast (stone and pome fruits)); Pseudomonas viridiflava (bacterial leaf blight of tomato); Pseudoperonospora cubensis (cucumber downy mildew); Rhizobium radiobacter (crown gall); Rhizobium rhizogenes (gall); Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (cottony soft rot); Squash leaf curl virus (leaf curl of squash); Squash mosaic virus (squash mosaic); Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (Tomato New Delhi virus); Trichodorus (stubby root nematodes); Xanthomonas cucurbitae (bacterial: pumpkin spot); Zucchini yellow mosaic virus

Minor host of:

Acalymma vittatum (striped cucumber beetle); Achatina fulica (giant African land snail); Aphis fabae (black bean aphid); Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense; Carpomya pardalina (Baluchistan melon fly); Cirsium arvense (creeping thistle); Cladosporium cucumerinum (scab of cucurbits); Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus; Diaphania nitidalis (cucumber worm); Leveillula taurica (powdery mildew of cotton); Liriomyza trifolii (American serpentine leafminer); Megalurothrips usitatus (bean flower thrips); Paratrichodorus porosus; Pinnaspis strachani (lesser snow scale); Ralstonia solanacearum (bacterial wilt of potato); Ralstonia solanacearum race 2 (moko disease); Rotylenchulus reniformis (reniform nematode); Spodoptera eridania (southern armyworm); Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm); Thanatephorus cucumeris (many names, depending on host); Thrips flavus (honeysuckle thrips); Trichoplusia ni (cabbage looper)

Wild host of:

Sweet potato feathery mottle virus (internal cork disease of sweet potato)

Host of (source - data mining):

Arion vulgaris (Spanish slug); Bemisia tabaci (MEAM1) (silverleaf whitefly); Bemisia tabaci (MED) (silverleaf whitefly); Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus; Dacus bivittatus (fruit fly); Diabrotica viridula; Liriomyza huidobrensis (serpentine leafminer); Melittia cucurbitae (squash vine borer); Phytophthora capsici (stem and fruit rot of Capsicum); Planococcus minor (passionvine mealybug); Pythium spinosum (root rot: ornamentals); Ralstonia solanacearum race 1 (bacterial wilt of solanaceous crops); Tetranychus lambi; Thrips palmi (melon thrips); Trialeurodes ricini (castor bean whitefly); Trialeurodes vaporariorum (whitefly, greenhouse)

Uses List

Human food and beverage

Spices and culinary herbs
Vegetable

Materials

Essential oils

Medicinal, pharmaceutical

Traditional/folklore

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