Cucurbita moschata Duchenne (scientific name: cucurbita moschata Duchenne), also known as Cucurbitaceae, is a plant of Cucurbitaceae, which is native to Mexico and Central America and widely cultivated all over the world. Its fruit can be used as a dish and food, and the whole plant is also used for medicine.

Pumpkin is an annual creeping herb. Its stems often take root at nodes, petioles are stout, leaves are broadly ovoid or ovoid, its texture is slightly soft, its veins are raised, its tendrils are slightly stout, it is monoecious, its fruit stalks are stout, with edges and grooves, which varies with varieties. There are often several longitudinal grooves or none outside, and most seeds are oval or oblong.

Pumpkin is? Cucurbitaceae? Plants of the genus Cucurbita. The word "pumpkin" can refer specifically to the genus Cucurbita, and can also refer generally to bamboo shoots and melons (also known as? Indian pumpkin), northern pumpkin, zucchini (also known as American pumpkin) and other pumpkin species. Among them, the former is called golden melon in Taiwan dialect because of its different names of origin, which is native to North America. According to color, it can be divided into orange, orange red, yellow, white, two-color mixture and so on.

Pumpkin fruits are round, oblate, oblong, spindle-shaped or gourd-shaped, with many depressions at the apex, smooth surface or nodular protrusions and longitudinal grooves, and hoarfrost when ripe. The seed coat is grayish white or tawny, and the edge is obviously rough. The meat is thick, yellow and white, and has a special aroma when it is cooked, and it tastes sweet and noodles. The seeds are flat, and the tender melon can be used as a vegetable. It is one of the melons and vegetables in summer and autumn, and it is sweet and palatable. Old melons are used as feed or sugar substitute, which is called "rice melons" in many places. Seeds can be fried or used as medicine.

Pumpkin is an annual dicotyledonous herb, which can climb vines. The cross section of the stem is pentagonal. Leaves are heart-shaped, flowers are yellow, fruits are generally oblate or pear-shaped, green when tender, and reddish-brown fruits can be used as vegetables and seeds can be eaten when mature.