5100 x 3386 px | 43,2 x 28,7 cm | 17 x 11,3 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
20 settembre 2008
Altre informazioni:
Buttercup squash can be roasted, baked, and mashed into soups, among a variety of filler uses, much like pumpkin. It is extremely popular, especially as a soup, in Brazil and Africa.All giant pumpkins (100+ lbs) are of this species, including the largest pumpkins ever documented, which have attained sizes of at least 2000 lbs. See Giant Pumpkins.Sister project Wikispecies has information related to: Cucurbita maximaSister project Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Cucurbita maximaCucurbita maxima, one of at least five species of cultivated squash, is one of the most diverse domesticated species, perhaps with more cultivated forms than any other crop [1] This species originated in South America from the wild C. maxima ssp. andreana over 4000 years ago [2] Different squash types of this species were introduced into North America as early as the 16th century. By the American Revolution, the species was in cultivation by Native American tribes throughout the present-day United States. By the early 19th century, at least three varieties are known to have been commercially introduced in North America from seeds obtained from Native Americans. Secondary centers of diversity include India, Bangladesh, Burma, and possibly the southern Appalachians.
