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Cucurbita pepo includes diverse cultivated forms. Kew cautions that squash and pumpkin also name plants in other Cucurbita species. This profile therefore cannot identify every squash in a regional account.
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Follow the linked place folio to see how its sources name ingredients. A botanical profile and a cultural account answer different questions; broad ingredient names are kept broad when identification is uncertain.
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Sources & further reading
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · Accessed 2026
Consulted October 17, 2026. Text used for a concise attributed reading; no media reproduced.
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BRING IT TO THE TABLE
Cook with squash · cucurbita pepo.
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