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Summer Squash
Cucurbita spp
Summer Squash
At a glance
Origin / distribution: not documented
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: not documented
Science studied: ASCORBIC-ACID, ASH, CARBOHYDRATES, FAT
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 spp
Common names: Summer Squash
History
Historical context is not documented in this record.
Origins and distribution
not documented in this record
Documented cultural uses
not documented in this 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
- Phenotypic diversity and selection of promising accessions of Cucurbita spp. from Peruvian germplasm · 2026 source ↗
- Bioaccessibility of phytochemicals and nutrients in nixtamalized Cucurbita spp.: An in vitro and microstructural assessment · 2025 source ↗
- Bioaccessibility of phytochemicals and nutrients in nixtamalized Cucurbita spp.: An in vitro and microstructural assessment. · 2025 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ASH
- CARBOHYDRATES
- FAT
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- IRON
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- MAGNESIUM
- MANGANESE
- MUFA
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- NIACIN
- PALMITOLEIC-ACID
- PHENYLALANINE
- PHOSPHORUS
- PROLINE
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- PROTEIN
- PUFA
- SERINE
- SFA
- THIAMIN
- THREONINE
- VALINE
- VIT-B-6
- ZINC
- COPPER
- FOLACIN
- ISOLEUCINE
- ARGININE
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- CYSTINE
- GLYCINE
- KILOCALORIES
- METHIONINE
- OLEIC-ACID
- PECTIN
- RIBOFLAVIN
- STEARIC-ACID
- TRYPTOPHAN
- WATER
- LEUCINE
- PANTOTHENIC-ACID
- SODIUM
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- ALANINE
- CALCIUM
- FIBER
- HISTIDINE
- BETA-CAROTENE
- LAURIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- TYROSINE
- POTASSIUM
- LYSINE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
show claim source mapping
- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- countries · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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