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The garden pumpkin, also called Cucurbita pepo, is a pumpkin variety used in horticulture and belongs to the genus Cucurbita.
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The garden pumpkin is an annual and herbaceous plant. The plant grows as a climber or creeping plant with a spread of up to 10 meters. Its simple leaves have long stalks and heart-shaped, large leaf blades.
The plant's funnel-shaped flowers open in the morning and are golden yellow in color. Cucurbita pepo flowers from June to August.
The fruit of the garden pumpkin is yellow to orange in color and has a roundish or elongated shape with a size of 15 to 40 cm in diameter. The fruits are berries, also known as armored berries due to their hard skin. Some pumpkin varieties (Cucurbita maxima) can weigh over 30 kg.
Cucurbita pepo is the parent plant of Cucurbitae peponis semen, the pumpkin seeds, Cucurbitae semen.
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