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Cucurbita maxima

  • Annual Climber
Home Annual Climber Cucurbita maxima

Not known in the wild.

Family: Cucurbitaceae
Height: 0.6 m / 2 ft
Sun, Semi-shade
Light, Medium and Heavy Soil
Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 5 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 3 of 5
Other Uses: 2 of 5

Native Habitat

Winter Squash Cucurbita maxima native habitat is Not known in the wild.

Edible Uses

Fruit - cooked. A delicious flavour when baked, rather like a sweet potato. The flesh can be dried, ground into a powder and used with cereals in making bread, cakes etc. Some varieties can be stored for up to 9 months. Seed - raw or cooked. Rich in oil with a very pleasant nutty flavour but very fiddly to use because the seed is small and covered with a fibrous coat. The seed can also be ground into a powder and used with cereals in making breads etc. An oil is obtained from the seed. Young flowers - raw or cooked. They are often dipped in batter and fried. Young leaves and stems - cooked. The leaves contain up to 5% protein.

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