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Cucurbita pepo Zucchini

Mōtini Papa‘ā

Marrow, Courgette

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Marrow, Courgette, Summer Squash [USA], Autumn Squash [USA], Vegetable Marrow [Br], Courgette, Zucchini; German Gartenkürbis

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Mōtini Papa‘ā (RR), Mārō / Kōtieti (AT), Marrow (MK), Moutini (RK), Mawutini (NS)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Mexico - C.America; EXOTIC EXOTIC circumglobal

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; Land, lowlands, gardens

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food (Fruit 2+)

SIMILAR SPECIES: Cucurbita maxima Pumpkin has stems soft and cylindrical (vs. hard angular and grooved); fruit stalk spongy and cylindrical (vs. hard and ridged). Cucurbita pepo Marrow has an elongate fruit??????

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
++		+	+	-	++			-

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-			-

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Cucurbita pepo Zucchini Linnaeus
TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); DILLENIIDAE; Violales; CUCURBITACEAE

More Information

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -
POSITIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Food (Fruit 2+). Comments: A food plant.

GENERAL NOTE: The MARROWS, and SUMMER SQUASHES of the USA. One variety is the COURGETTE of France and Britain, ZUCCHETTI of Italy and ZUCCHINI of America.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.813 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.383 Tropica
p.2/680 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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