*Cucurbita maxima * Duchesne
- *koo-KER-bih-ta* -- Latin name for the gourd *MAKS-ih-muh* -- largest ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf-XnKALJLi4ZvWhItDcjW2mcyZrg> [image: Kusmandakah (Sanskrit: कुष्माण्डकः)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3911950595%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfMRIqXxgmvYbAG5Q3IseZ14fgK2A> Sep 12, 2009 ... at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra ... to validate ID with reference to Gurcharan ji's post: Identifying main species of *Cucurbita* at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/8kbpauG0liU/Vjr4olwcUfcJ *There may be good chance of this plant being Cucurbita moschata*. *commonly known as*: giant pumpkin, great pumpkin, melon pumpkin, pumpkin, red gourd, red pumpkin, squash, squash gourd, turks cap gourd, winter squash • *Assamese*: ৰঙা ranga • *Bengali*: চালকুমড়ো calakumro, কুষ্মাণ্ড kusmanda • *Gujarati*: લાલ કોળું lal kolu • *Hindi*: लाल कद्दू lal kaddu, लाल कुम्हड़ा lal qumra, काशीफल kashiphal • *Kannada*: ಕಂದು ಗುಬಳ kandu gumbala, ಕುಂಬಳಕಾಯಿ kumbalakaayi, ಕೂಷ್ಮಾಂಡ kushmaanda • *Kashmiri*: अल् al, तुम्बी tumbi • *Konkani*: दुद्दे dudde • *Lushai*: lêng-kêl mai • *Malayalam *: vellarimathan • *Manipuri*: mairel • *Marathi*: लाल भोपळा lal bhopala, तांबडा भोपळा tambada bhopala • *Mizo*: mai • *Oriya*: kumda, mai • *Punjabi*: ਹਲਵਾ ਕਦੂੱ halwa kaddu, ਮਿੱਠਾ ਕਦੂੱ mittha kaddu • *Sanskrit*: कुष्माण्डकः kusmandakah, पीतकुष्माण्डः pitakusmandah • *Tamil*: சர்க்கரைப்பூசணி carkkarai-p-pucani, சீமைப்பூசனி cimai-p-pucani, பறங்கிக்காய் paranki-k-kay • *Telugu*: గుమ్మడి gummadi *Native of*: s South America; widely cultivated *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FGiant%2520Pumpkin.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdENvVgV8OfDA3VZiHT0IuBf0qkCQ>• Wikipedia<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCucurbita_maxima&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeImlSuWPMVDB6nQLsK0OEaKDR0AQ>• NPGS / GRIN<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ars-grin.gov%2Fcgi-bin%2Fnpgs%2Fhtml%2Ftaxon.pl%3F12597&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcZ-PK_YZctV3zJe9SYvCNzWijGNw>• ENVIS - FRLHT<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fenvis.frlht.org.in%2Fplant_details.php%3Fdisp_id%3D697&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeUb-W0bdICrfj7NM7AIk36ZJC1Iw>• DDSA<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdsal.uchicago.edu%2Fdictionaries%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf6uenyoQ09XSR__kqQB9oTVQ4dNQ> *more views*: - Sep 12, 2009 ... at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra [image: Lal Kaddu (Hindi: लाल कद्दू )]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3912766750%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfs0N4WXEXU5rQLa7wSCZsn0xuZfg> [image: Cimai-p-pucani (Tamil: சீமைப்பூசனி)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3911965125%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfh7YSp9aPkEa_J6SB8u59a-m2Y1A> [image: Lal Bhopala (Marathi: लाल भोपळा)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3912727494%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdtOnf3u4bNPK68Xz-jmaVtE0Imww> Regards. Dinesh
