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Pumpkin

Cucurbita pepo

Pumpkin · Abobrinha · Abobrinha-ornamental · Abóbora · Abóbora-de-coco · Abóbora-estrela · Abóbora-ovo · Abóbora-teta-de-égua · Acorn squash · Ahuyamín · American Pumpkin and Summer Squashes · American pumpkin · Bitter bottle gourd · Brazilian Pumpkin · Bundeva · Bush squash · Calabaza · Calabaza de Castilla · Citrouille iroquoise · Courge · Courge pépon

At a glance

Origin / distribution: Kurdistan, Iraq, Turkey, Lesotho, Trinidad, Java, Europe, China

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: Anthelminthic, Boil, Carbuncle, Diuretic

Science studied: (+)-CIS-ABSCISIC-ACID, (+)-TRANS-ABSCISIC-ACID, ADENOSINE, ALUMINUM

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Cucurbitaceae

Scientific name: Cucurbita pepo

Common names: Pumpkin, Abobrinha, Abobrinha-ornamental, Abóbora, Abóbora-de-coco, Abóbora-estrela, Abóbora-ovo, Abóbora-teta-de-égua, Acorn squash, Ahuyamín, American Pumpkin and Summer Squashes, American pumpkin, Bitter bottle gourd, Brazilian Pumpkin, Bundeva, Bush squash, Calabaza, Calabaza de Castilla, Citrouille iroquoise, Courge, Courge pépon

POWO: 292416-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone

History

The source record documents this plant in Elsewhere, Kurdistan, Iraq, Turkey, Lesotho, Trinidad, Java, Europe and 5 additional places.

It records these historical or traditional applications:

Anthelminthic
Boil
Carbuncle
Diuretic
Fever
Fruit
Funeral
Measles

show 14 more documented entries

Pregnancy
Refrigerant
Smallpox
Sprain
Taenicide
Tonic
Tumor
Vermifuge
Taenifuge
Demulcent
Nervine
Potherb
Wart
Medicine

This summary is limited to the cited source record.

Origins and distribution

Elsewhere
Kurdistan
Iraq
Turkey
Lesotho
Trinidad
Java
Europe
China
Spain
West Indies
Peru

show 1 more documented entries

Venezuela

Documented cultural uses

Anthelminthic
Boil
Carbuncle
Diuretic
Fever
Fruit
Funeral
Measles
Pregnancy
Refrigerant
Smallpox
Sprain

show 10 more documented entries

Taenicide
Tonic
Tumor
Vermifuge
Taenifuge
Demulcent
Nervine
Potherb
Wart
Medicine

Cultural record detail

These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.

Anthelminthic · Elsewhere · "
Boil · Kurdistan · "
Carbuncle · Iraq · "
Diuretic · Turkey · "
Fever · Turkey · "
Fruit · Lesotho · "
Funeral · Lesotho · "
Measles · Trinidad · "
Pregnancy · Java · "
Refrigerant · Turkey · "
Smallpox · Trinidad · "
Sprain · Trinidad · "
Taenicide · Turkey · "
Tonic · Turkey · "
Tumor · Europe · "
Vermifuge · Turkey · "
Vermifuge · Elsewhere · "
Vermifuge · China · "
Taenifuge · Elsewhere · "
Demulcent · Turkey · "
Nervine · Turkey · "
Potherb · Lesotho · "
Taenifuge · Spain · "
Tumor · West Indies · "

2 additional documented entries remain in the source record.

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific research

Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.

Indexed research records

Spray application of dsRNA reduces aphid transmitted ZYMV infection in Cucurbita pepo. · 2026 source ↗
Effects of Cucurbita pepo seed extract on behavioral and neuroinflammatory changes in D-galactose-induced brain model · 2026 source ↗
Cucurbita pepo var. styriaca Seeds: Deep Insights into Polar Lipid Profile · 2026 source ↗

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

(+)-CIS-ABSCISIC-ACID
(+)-TRANS-ABSCISIC-ACID
ADENOSINE
ALUMINUM
ALPHA-AMINO-ADIPIC-ACID
ALPHA-AMINO-BUTYRIC-ACID
BETA-AMINO-ISOBUTYRIC-ACID
ARGININE
ASCORBIC-ACID
ASH
BORON
CAFFEIC-ACID
CALCIUM
M-CARBOXYPHENYLALANINE
CARBOHYDRATES
BETA-CAROTENE

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CHOLESTEROL
DL-CITRULLIN
CODECARBOXYLASE
CRYPTOXANTHIN
CUCURBIC-ACID-GLUCOSIDE
CUCURBIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
CUCURBITIN
CUCURBITOL
CYSTINE
DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID
FAT
FIBER
GLUTINOL
GLYCINE
HISTIDINE
BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRIC-ACID
DELTA-HYDROXYLYSINE
ISOLEUCINE
KAEMPFEROL
ALPHA-KETO-BETA-METHYL-BUTYRIC-ACID
ALPHA-KETO-BETA-METHYL-VALERAINIC-ACID
KILOCALORIES
LAURIC-ACID
LEUCINE
LINOLEIC-ACID
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID
LUPEOL
LYSINE
MAGNESIUM
MANNITOL
METHIONINE
MYRISTIC-ACID
OLEIC-ACID
ORNITHINE
OXYCEROTINIC-ACID
PALMITIC-ACID
PALMITOLEIC-ACID
PHOSPHOLIPIDS
PHYTIC-ACID
PHYTOSTEROLS
PROLINE
PROTEIN
QUERCETIN
RHAMNAZIN-3-RUTINOSIDE
RIBOFLAVIN
SALICYLIC-ACID
SELENIUM
SFA
ALPHA-SPINASTERYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
STEARIC-ACID
5-ALPHA-STIGMASTA-7,25-DIEN-3-BETA-OL
STIGMAST-7-ENOL
THIAMIN
TIN
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL
TYROSINE
UREASE
VALINE
VIOLAXANTHIN
(+)-VOMIFOLIOL
ZINC
PHENYLALANINE
SODIUM
FLAVOXANTHIN
GLUTAMIC-ACID
GLYOXALIC-ACID
NEOXANTHIN
BETA-SITOSTEROL
ADENINE
GABA
ARACHIDIC-ACID
ASPARTIC-ACID
COPPER
CUCURBITAXANTHIN
EDESTINE
FERULIC-ACID
GUANOSINE
HYDROXYBRENZTRAUBEN-ACID
IRON
ISORHAMNETIN-3-O-RUTINOSIDE-4'-O-RHAMNOSIDE
LECITHIN
MANGANESE
PHOSPHORUS
PUFA
SERINE
SILICON
STIGMAST-7-ENYL-D-GLUCOSIDE
TRIGONELLINE
XANTHOPHYLL
MUFA
THREONINE
NIACIN
WATER
POTASSIUM
TRYPTOPHAN
COBALT
SUCROSE
CHROMIUM
OXALIC-ACID
ALANINE
ABSCISIC-ACID
(+)-TRANS-2-ABSCISIC-ACID
APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-6-C-GLUCOSIDE
2-CARBOXYARABINITOL
AUROXANTHIN
AVENASTEROL
22-DIHYDROBRASSICASTEROL
CAMPESTEROL
24-ETHYL-5-ALPHA-CHOLESTA-5,22-DIEN-3-BETA-OL
24-ETHYL-5-ALPHA-CHOLESTA-7,22,25-TRIEN-3-BETA-OL
24-ETHYL-5-ALPHA-CHOLESTA-7,25-DIEN-3-BETA-OL
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL
CHONDRILLASTEROL
25(27)-DEHYDRO-CHONDRILLASTEROL
CLEROSTEROL
CODISTEROL
BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN
CUCURBIC-ACID
CUCURBIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
CUCURBIC-ACID-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
CUCURBIC-ACID-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-METHYL-ESTER
CUCURBITA-RIBOSOMAL-INACTIVATING-PROTEIN(MW-30000)
CUCURBITACIN-D
CUCURBITACIN-I
CUCUROIC-ACID-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
FIXED-OIL
ISOFUCOSTEROL
25(27)-DEHYDRO-FUNGISTEROL
GIBBERELLIN-A-29
GIBBERELLIN-A39
GIBBERELLIN-A48
GIBBERELLIN-A49
1-O-FERULOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE
1-O-P-COUMAROYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE
GLUTATHIONE
24-BETA-ETHYL-25(27)-DEHYDROLATHOSTEROL
24-METHYL-LATHOSTEROL
LUTEIN
MUTATOXANTHIN
9,10-DIHYDROXY-OCTADEC-12-ENOIC-ACID
PEPONIN
PLASTOCYANIN
25(27)-DEHYDRO-PORIFERASTEROL
PROTEINASE-INHIBITOR
SCHOTTENOL
SPINASTEROL
22-DIHYDRO-SPINASTEROL
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL
STIGMASTEROL
VOMIFOLIOL
(+)-DEHYDROVOMIFOLIOL
ZEAXANTHIN
7BETA,12ALPHA-DIHYDROXYKAURENOLIDE
ASCORBATE-OXIDASE
CHLOROPHYLL-B
DELTA-7-ERGOSTENOL
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID
EICOSADIENOIC-ACID
ETHYL-ASPARAGINE
GADOLEIC-ACID
24-METHYL-CHOLEST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL
BETA-PYRAZOALANINE
OXYCEROTIC-ACID
PECTIN
PHEOPHYTIN-A
SALICYLATES
DELTA-5-STEROLS
DELTA-7,22,25(27)-STIGMASTATRIEN-3-BETA-OL
DELTA-7,22,25(27)-STIGMASTATRIEN-3-BETA-OL-GLYCOSIDE
DELTA-7,25(27)-STIGMASTADIEN-3-BETA-OL
DELTA-7,25(27)-STIGMASTADIEN-3-BETA-OL-GYLCOSIDE
DELTA-8-STEROLS
SQUALENE
STEROIDS
BETA-TOCOPHEROL
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL
24ALPHA-ETHYLLATHOSTEROL

Legality

No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.

Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.

Reference images

Sources

Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP

World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0

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identity · DH-SRC-0030
documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
compounds · DH-SRC-0030
taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗

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