Synonyms:

• (=) Cucurbita melanosperma Gasp.
• (≡) Pepo ficifolia (Bouché) Britton

Common names:

• blackseed squash  (Source: Biol Cucurb) - English
• cidra  (Source: Neglected Crops) - English
• fig-leaf gourd  (Source: Biol Cucurb) - English
• Malabar gourd  (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
• sidra  (Source: Neglected Crops) - English
• courge à feuilles de figuier  (Source: Pl GR Newsl) - French
• Feigenblattkürbis  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• abóbora-chila  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
• chilacayota  (Source: F NGalicia) - Spanish
• chilacayote  (Source: F Panama) - Spanish
• chiverri  (Source: Neglected Crops) - Spanish
• lacoyote  (Source: Neglected Crops) - Spanish
• silacayote  (Source: F NGalicia) - Spanish

Economic Importance:

• Human food: fruit ()
• Human food: seeds ()
• Human food: vegetable ()
• Animal food: forage ()
• Gene sources: graft stock relative for cucumber (for greenhouse production fide Biol Cucurb 115. 1990)
• Gene sources: potential for disease resistance in cucurbits (fide Biol Cucurb 115. 1990)
• Medicines: folklore ()

Distributional Range:

Cultivated (only cult.)

Other (probable origin South America)

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2018. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=12589. Accessed 24 April 2018.