Cucurbitaceae Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir.
Crookneck Squash
Hopi - Food, Special Food
Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93
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Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir.
Scientific name: Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir.
USDA symbol: CUMO (
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Common names: Crookneck Squash
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Family (APG): Cucurbitaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Special Food
Notes: Flowers used to make special foods.
RECRD: 41513 id: 11670