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What is the scientific name of zucchini? How it is called in different places. I am from Shanxi and we call it zucchini.

Scientific name: Cucurbita pepo L., aliases: watermelon, white melon, pumpkin, American pumpkin, Yunnan small melon, vegetable melon, nettle melon, March melon. Classification: Cucurbitaceae, Pumpkin genus?, Origin: Native to southern North America, now widely cultivated. Zucchini can be called pineapple in many places in Henan, such as Pingdingshan, Zhoukou, Puyang, and Anyang. In the Northeast, it is often called: horned melon. ?