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Turban Squash Cucurbita maxima Commodity Summary
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Approved Name: Turban Squash 
Scientific Name(s): Cucurbita maxima 
Common Name(s): banana squash, buttercup squash, calabaza, calabaza amarilla, courge commune, giraumon, great pumpkin, halva kaddu, hubbard squash, jättepumpa, kabocha, loche, mitha kaddu, red gourd, reisen-kürbis, speise-kürbis, sun gua, turban squash, winter squash, zapallo, zappallito amargo, zucca 
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Description: All varieties and subspecies of Cucurbita maxima are included. Another GRIN url for this commodity is: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=311569 
Season Information: No Seasonal Information available
GRIN url: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=12597
Image(s):
Blue hubbard squash.jpg magnify image Blue hubbard squash photo courtesy of Laurascudder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_hubbard_squash.jpg
Buttercup squash.jpg magnify image Buttercup squash photo courtesy of Badagnani https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buttercupsquash.JPG
Turban squash.jpg magnify image Turban squash photo courtesy of JN95 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mini_red_turban_pumpkin.jpg
Kabocha.jpg magnify image Kabocha photo courtesy of Cota at Japanese Wikipedia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kabocha.jpg
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