Muskmelon

Muskmelon

Common Name	Pumpkin
Kingdom	Plantae
Division	Magnoliophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Cucurbitales
Family	Cucurbitaceae
Genus	Cucurbita
Species	maxima
Native	North and Central America
Characteristics	The pumpkin varies greatly in shape, ranging from oblate to oblong. The rind is smooth and usually lightly ribbed. Although pumpkins are usually orange or yellow, some fruits are dark green, pale green, orange-yellow, white, red and gray
Distribution	United States, Mexico, India, and China
Climate and weather	Pumpkins are a warm-weather crop that is usually planted in early July
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Uses	uses for cooking, from the fleshy shell, to the seeds, to even the flowers; most parts of the pumpkin are edible. Pumpkin seeds, also known as pepitas, are small, flat, green, edible seeds.
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