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Cucurbita pepo

Description
Life form	herb, vine	Physiology
Habit	climber/scrambler/scadent	Category	fruits & nuts, vegetables, materials
Life span	annual	Plant attributes	grown on large scale, grown on small scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	17	30	6	40	Soil texture	medium, organic	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	600	1500	300	2800	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	-	-	-	-	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	1000	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	5.5	6.8	4.5	8.3	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells)
Light intensity	very bright	very bright	very bright	cloudy skies

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	no input	Killing temp. early growth	no input
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	home garden, small scale (manual), intermediate (animal drawn), large scale/commercial	Crop cycle	40	100
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	inter-cropping	maize, beans, other cucurbita
	sole cropping

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
food & beverage	protein	seeds
food & beverage	lipids	seeds
food & beverage	vitamins	seeds
food & beverage	minerals	seeds
food & beverage	vitamins	fruits
food & beverage	minerals	fruits
food & beverage	vitamins	flowers
food & beverage	minerals	flowers
material	lipids/oil & fats	seeds