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  • COMMON NAME: winter squash
  • ARABIC: القرع الشتوي
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Cucurbita moschata Duchesne
  • SYNONYMS: Cucurbita pepo var. moschata
  • FAMILY: CUCURBITACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Landscape (L) Fruits (F) Apiculture (A)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs Careeper
  • HABITATS: Terrace Sandy
  • TYPES: Annual
  • REMARKS: Plants used by honeybees for nectar collection for honey production.
V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=e451 http://plantinfo.co.za/plant/cucurbita-moschata/
Edible fruit. Honey nectar plants. Ornamental plant.
monoecious, creeping, vine-like annual that trails along the ground or climbs by tendrils. It produces a variety of fruits which vary considerably in size and shape due to large genetic variation within this species. Young leaves, flowers, shoot tips, fruits and seeds are edible. However, the fruits are usually not harvested when young, but are left on the plant to mature for eventual fall harvest as winter squashes. Velvety-hairy, shallowly- to deeply-lobed, broad-ovate to kidney-shaped leaves with toothed margins and cordate bases often have white spots on the veins. Single axillary flowers (male typically long-stalked with three stamens and female typically short-stalked with 3 two-lobed stigmas) are creamy white to orange-yellow and bloom in late spring. Stalks tend to thicken at the points were the fruits appear. Fruits generally have distinctive orange flesh. Flowering from July-October.
Cultivated places and farms.
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