Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cucurbita pepo L. [Cucurbitaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abobora	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
abóbora	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
abóbora, semente	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cucurbita pepo, sem. (2010)
bhopli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bileegumbala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bitter bottle gourd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
boodadegummadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boodagumbala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boodigummadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boodugumbala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bsibsiya	Other	Phenolics in Moroccan Med. Pl. Spp. (Mouhajir et al., 2001)
bucka	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
budadegummadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bude-kumbala-kayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
budide-gummadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bum sa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bush squash	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
calabaza	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
calabaza, semillas de	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cucurbita pepo, sem. (2010)
campal pucani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
citrouille	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
cocozelle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
courge citrouille (graine de)	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cucurbita pepo, sem. (2010)
courge pepon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
courgette	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
crookneck	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cubini	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
cucurbita pepo, flos	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
cucurbita pepo, semen	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
cucurbitae peponis semen	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cucurbitae semen	Pharmaceutical	EMA Com. Monog.: Cucurbita pepo, sem. (2010)
dubba	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
duraffere	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
dynia	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
field pumpkin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
garten-kürbis	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
gartenkürbis	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
gemüse-kürbis	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
geonwomu	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ghia kaddu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
giramonte	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
giraumon	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
gourd	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
gresskarfrø	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cucurbita pepo, sem. (2010)
græskar	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
græskarfrø	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cucurbita pepo, sem. (2010)
guicoy	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
harilik kõrvits	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
herkules-keule	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
jerimu	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
jerimum	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kadimah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kado	Other	Indig. Knwlg. of Med. Pl., Pakistan. (Khan et al., 2020)
kadou	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
kadu	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kadu i maghrebi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kadu i rumikao montini	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kadu tokhm kaghazi	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
kaliyana-pashnik-kay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaliyana-pushinik-kay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaliyanappucinikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalyana poosuni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalyanappucani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karkaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaula	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kilo	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010)
kohala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolokýtha	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
konda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kondha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kudimah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kul-ppantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumhraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kumpalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumpalanna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kurkaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurlaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kurpitsa, siemen	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cucurbita pepo, sem. (2010)
kushmanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kushmandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kushpandaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kusmanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kõrvitsaseeme	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cucurbita pepo, sem. (2010)
közönséges tökmag	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cucurbita pepo, sem. (2010)
kürbis	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
kürbissamen	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Cucurbita pepo, sem. (2010)
labu air	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
labu ayer	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
labu manis	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
labu peringgi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lauka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lob-abyad	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
lob-kar-e-asal	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
majdabah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malange	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
mandelgræskar	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
marrow	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
moliūgų sėklos	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cucurbita pepo, sem. (2010)
nasienie dyni	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cucurbita pepo, sem. (2010)
navadnabuca	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ntite	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ntsuudya	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ornamental gourd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
patisson	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pendli-gummadi-kaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pepita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pepokabocha	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
perum pucani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
petha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pomion	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pompion	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
pompoen	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
pompoenzaad	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cucurbita pepo, sem. (2010)
pottai-gammadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pottaigummadi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
pottigummadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pucani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pumpa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pumpafrö	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cucurbita pepo, sem. (2010)
pumpkin	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Healing Potential of Med. Pl., Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2000) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
pumpkin oil	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
pumpkin seed	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cucurbita pepo, sem. (2010)
pépon	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
qar	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
qar maghrebi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
qar rumi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
qara’a	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
safed kaddu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
safedkaddu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
schmuckkürbis	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
seme navadne buče	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cucurbita pepo, sem. (2010)
semen cucurbitae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
semina cucurbitae	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
seminţe de dovleac	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cucurbita pepo, sem. (2010)
shada kumra	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
shajer helo	Other	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
spaghetti squash	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
squash	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010)
summer pumpkin	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
summer squash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suraikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suraikayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tatiyan kay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tekvicové semeno	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cucurbita pepo, sem. (2010)
tykvové semeno	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cucurbita pepo, sem. (2010)
uritök	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
vegetable marrow	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
vegetable spaghetti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellaippucani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
xi hu lu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
zapallo	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
zapayo	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
zerri at l-ger-a	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
zucca	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
zucca indi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
zucca seme	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cucurbita pepo, sem. (2010)
zucchette	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
zucchini	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
zucchino	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
étkezési tök	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ķirbja sēklas	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cucurbita pepo, sem. (2010)
żerriegħa tal-qargħa ħamra	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cucurbita pepo, sem. (2010)
κολοκύθα	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
обикновена тиква, семе	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Cucurbita pepo, sem. (2010)
قرع	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
کدو	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
‫قرع‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
桃南瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seeds		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
semen		EMA Com. Monog.: Cucurbita pepo, sem. (2010)
Fruit		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
fruit, seed		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
fruit, seeds, flower		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Fruit		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
leaves		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Seed		Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
Leaves		Indig. Knwlg. of Med. Pl., Pakistan. (Khan et al., 2020)
flowers		Phenolics in Moroccan Med. Pl. Spp. (Mouhajir et al., 2001)
seeds		Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seed		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
fruit	oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
seed		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
seed		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
seed	vegetal drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
seed		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
seed		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
flower		U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
seed	dried seed	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 134 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cucurbita aurantia Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 607 (1805).
Cucurbita pepo var. akoda Makino J. Jap. Bot. 8: 46 (1932).
Cucurbita pepo var. kintogwa Makino J. Jap. Bot. 8: 46 (1932).
Citrullus variegatus Schrad. ex M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 51 (1846).
Cucumis pepo (L.) Dumort. Fl. Belg.: 54 (1827).
Cucumis zapallo Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 452 (1840).
Cucurbita ceratoceras Haberle ex Mart. Reise Bras. 1: 536 (1823).
Cucurbita citrullus var. alba M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 85 (1846).
Cucurbita citrullus var. flava M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 85 (1846).
Cucurbita citrullus var. grisea M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 85 (1846).
Cucurbita citrullus var. variegata M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 85 (1846).
Cucurbita citrullus var. viridis M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 84 (1846).
Cucurbita clodiensis Naccari Fl. Ven. 5: 52 (1828).
Cucurbita courgero Ser. Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 3(2): t. 1 (1825).
Cucurbita elongata Bean ex Schrad. Linnaea 12: 407 (1838).
Cucurbita esculenta Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 552 (1821 publ. 1822).
Cucurbita fastuosa Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 157 (1796).
Cucurbita hybrida Bertol. ex Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 6: 29 (1856).
Cucurbita lignosa Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 5 (1768).
Cucurbita mammeata Molina Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili: 133 (1782).
Cucurbita mammosa J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 101 (1791).
Cucurbita marsupiiformis Haberle ex M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 92 (1846), not validly publ.
Cucurbita oblonga Link Handbuch 1: 643 (1829).
Cucurbita pepo f. alba M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 84 (1846).
Cucurbita pepo subvar. alba Harz Landw. Samenk. 2: 815 (1885), nom. illeg.
Cucurbita pepo var. americana Zhit. Trudy Prikl. Bot. 23(3): 194 (1929-1930 publ. 1930).
Cucurbita pepo var. aurantia (Willd.) Tod. Index Seminum (PAL, Panormitani) 1857: 41 (1858).
Cucurbita pepo var. australis Tod. Index Seminum (PAL, Panormitani) 1857: 41 (1858).
Cucurbita pepo var. barbarica Alef. Landw. Fl.: 218 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. bicolor Harz Landw. Samenk. 2: 817 (1885).
Cucurbita pepo var. bombinina Alef. Landw. Fl.: 225 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. brasilica Alef. Landw. Fl.: 220 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. brayana Alef. Landw. Fl.: 221 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. chrysobela Alef. Landw. Fl.: 221 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. chrysothela Alef. Landw. Fl.: 225 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo convar. citrullina Alef. Landw. Fl.: 219 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. clavata Alef. Landw. Fl.: 219 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo convar. clypeata Alef. Landw. Fl.: 222 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. condensa L.H.Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. 1: 409 (1900).
Cucurbita pepo var. coronalis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 223 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. courgero (Ser.) Tod. Index Seminum (PAL, Panormitani) 1857: 41 (1858).
Cucurbita pepo var. cyphechusa Alef. Landw. Fl.: 225 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. diachroa Alef. Landw. Fl.: 221 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. diachrysa Alef. Landw. Fl.: 222 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. dimidiata Alef. Landw. Fl.: 219 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. dinomela Alef. Landw. Fl.: 224 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. diplacra Alef. Landw. Fl.: 219 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. dochnahlii Alef. Landw. Fl.: 225 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. draconina Alef. Landw. Fl.: 220 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. elongata Harz Landw. Samenk. 2: 816 (1885).
Cucurbita pepo var. fibropulposa Makino J. Jap. Bot. 5: 32 (1928).
Cucurbita pepo f. flava M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 84 (1846).
Cucurbita pepo var. flogra Teppner Phyton (Horn) 40: 35 (2000).
Cucurbita pepo var. genevensis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 221 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. georgica Teppner Phyton (Horn) 40: 35 (2000).
Cucurbita pepo convar. giromontia Alef. Landw. Fl.: 217 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo subsp. gumala Teppner Phyton (Horn) 40: 34 (2000).
Cucurbita pepo var. hassiaca Alef. Landw. Fl.: 222 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. hispanica Alef. Landw. Fl.: 220 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. icterina Alef. Landw. Fl.: 222 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. italica Alef. Landw. Fl.: 218 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. larnacana Alef. Landw. Fl.: 218 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. leucomela Alef. Landw. Fl.: 224 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. leucotyrus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 223 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. lutea Nois. Man. Compl. Jard. 2: 363 (1825).
Cucurbita pepo var. luteoalba Alef. Landw. Fl.: 222 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. marginalis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 222 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. massiliensis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 218 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. medullosa Alef. Landw. Fl.: 218 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. metzgeriana Alef. Landw. Fl.: 222 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. mitriformis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 223 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo subvar. nigra Harz Landw. Samenk. 2: 815 (1885).
Cucurbita pepo var. numidica Alef. Landw. Fl.: 222 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. oblonga M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 84 (1846).
Cucurbita pepo var. oriolina Alef. Landw. Fl.: 222 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. ovalis M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 84 (1846).
Cucurbita pepo var. pastalis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 223 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. patagonica Alef. Landw. Fl.: 218 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. persica Alef. Landw. Fl.: 224 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. phaeotaenia Alef. Landw. Fl.: 222 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. phyllapion Alef. Landw. Fl.: 224 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. polkii Alef. Landw. Fl.: 219 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo convar. pomiformis (M.Roem.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 223 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. praecox Harz Landw. Samenk. 2: 819 (1885).
Cucurbita pepo convar. pyriformis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 224 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. pyrula Alef. Landw. Fl.: 224 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. pyxidaris Tod. Index Seminum (PAL, Panormitani) 1857: 41 (1858).
Cucurbita pepo var. radiata Alef. Landw. Fl.: 221 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. rhenana Alef. Landw. Fl.: 222 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. rotunda M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 84 (1846).
Cucurbita pepo var. schneebergeri Alef. Landw. Fl.: 218 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. scutiformis Harz Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1868: 90 (1869).
Cucurbita pepo var. serinina Alef. Landw. Fl.: 222 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. sphaeroleuca Alef. Landw. Fl.: 221 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. storkiana Alef. Landw. Fl.: 221 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. sturnina Alef. Landw. Fl.: 222 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. subrotunda M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 84 (1846).
Cucurbita pepo var. taenapion Alef. Landw. Fl.: 224 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. taeniata Alef. Landw. Fl.: 221 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. thelechusa Alef. Landw. Fl.: 225 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. thelomedica Alef. Landw. Fl.: 225 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. thelomela Alef. Landw. Fl.: 225 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. toonas Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 22: 170 (1908).
Cucurbita pepo var. torticollis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 219 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. turonensis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 220 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo var. valesiaca Alef. Landw. Fl.: 222 (1866).
Cucurbita pepo f. viridis (Nois.) M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 84 (1846).
Cucurbita pepo var. viridis Nois. Man. Compl. Jard. 2: 363 (1825).
Cucurbita pepo subvar. viridis (Nois.) Harz Landw. Samenk. 2: 815 (1885).
Cucurbita pepo var. vulgaris Harz Landw. Samenk. 2: 818 (1885).
Cucurbita pepo var. xanthapion Alef. Landw. Fl.: 224 (1866).
Cucurbita polymorpha Duchesne in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 2: 152 (1786).
Cucurbita pomiformis M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 85 (1846).
Cucurbita pomiformis var. alba M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 85 (1846).
Cucurbita pomiformis var. flava M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 85 (1846).
Cucurbita pyridaris Duchesne ex Poir. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 11: 237 (1819).
Cucurbita pyxidaris DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 3: 693 (1805).
Cucurbita pyxidaris var. bicolor M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 86 (1846).
Cucurbita pyxidaris var. flava-major M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 86 (1846).
Cucurbita pyxidaris var. flava-minor M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 86 (1846).
Cucurbita pyxidaris var. flavostriata M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 86 (1846).
Cucurbita pyxidaris var. persica M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 86 (1846).
Cucurbita succado Nägeli ex Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 6: 29 (1856).
Cucurbita succedo Arn. J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 278 (1841).
Cucurbita tuberculosa Schrad. Linnaea 10(Litt.): 70 (1836).
Cucurbita urnigera Schrad. Linnaea 10(Litt.): 110 (1836).
Cucurbita variegata Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 452 (1840).
Cucurbita venosa Descourt. Fl. Méd. Antilles 5: 79 (1827).
Pepo aurantius (Willd.) Peterm. Pflanzenreich: 438 (1838-1845).
Pepo citrullus Sageret Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 8: 311 (1826).
Pepo clypeiformis Poit. Jard. Bot. Paris: 246 (1816).
Pepo oblongus Poit. Jard. Bot. Paris: 246 (1816).
Pepo potiron Sageret Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 8: 311 (1826).
Pepo vulgaris Moench Methodus: 653 (1794).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cucurbita aurantia	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cucurbita pepo	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Cucurbita pepo DC.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Cucurbita pepo L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) EMA Com. Monog.: Cucurbita pepo, sem. (2010) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Healing Potential of Med. Pl., Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2000) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indig. Knwlg. of Med. Pl., Pakistan. (Khan et al., 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Phenolics in Moroccan Med. Pl. Spp. (Mouhajir et al., 2001) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. pepo	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Cucurbita pepo L. var. akoda Makino	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cucurbita pepo L. var. kintoga Makino	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cucurbita pepo Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Cucurbita pepo Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Cucurbita pepo subsp. pepo (L.) Harz	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Cucurbite pepo L. var. kintoga Makino	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Curbita pepo	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

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