Cucurbita ficifolia

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names
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Read about Cucurbita ficifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Cucurbita ficifolia, Bouch6 (C. melanosperma, A. Br.). St. very long, stout, becoming somewhat woody: Lvs. pale green, often marbled, m outline ovate or suborbicular, cordate at base, roundly 5-lobed and the sinus rounded: calyx-tube short and campanulate: fr. large (often 1 ft. long), fleshy, round-ovoid, white-striped, the flesh white; seeds ovate, black. E. Asia, but widely cult, in warm countries for its ornamental watermelon-like frs. A var. mexicana, Hort. (C. mexicana, Spreng.), is mentioned, with seeds twice the size of those of the type, and said to grow wild in the neighborhood of Mazatlan, Mex. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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