Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Cucurbita pepo L.

Origin: native & introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Cucurbita aurantia Willd., Cucurbita melopepo L., Cucurbita polymorpha Dcne., Cucurbita verrucosa L., Cucurbita verrucosa W.

Common names:

Askutasquash (1919, Northeastern Indians, source of English name "squash") (107)

Calabassa (1561, Spanish, gourd) (107)

Cauwoord (1586, Belgium, gourd, Lyte) (107)

Cimnel (1675, summer squash, Thomson) (107)

Citrouilles (1703) (107)

Club squash (1840) (19)

Cohurden (1536, France, gourd, Ruellius) (107)

Common squash (1876) (92)

Coucourde (1587, gourd, Dalechamp) (107)

Courgen (1536, France, gourd, Ruellius) (107)

Cymling (1803, summer squash, Jefferson) (107)

Field pumpkin (1930-Present) (50, 82, 109)

Gourd (1919) (107)

Gourde (1576, gourd, Lobel) (107)

Gowrde (1538, gourd, Turner) (107)

Idianisch apfel (1552, German, Tragus) (107)

Kurbs (1919, German, gourd) (107)

Macock gourd (1610) (46)

Mala indica (1552, Tragus) (107)

Melopepo clypeatus (1673, summer squash, Pancovius) (107)

Ogwis'simaün (1928, Chippewa) (40)

Orange vine (1828-1876?) (7, 92)

Pepo (1902) (53, 57, 59, 60)

Pompeon (1683, Worlidge) (107)

Pompion (1876?-1900?) (92, 158)

Pompons (1822, pumpkin, Woods) (107)

Pumions (1822, pumpkin, Woods) (107)

Pumpkin (1828-1942) (7, 40, 53, 57, 58, 59, 60, 82, 92, 106, 107, 110, 121, 138, 155, 158)

Quaasiens (1650, Van der Donck, New Netherlands) (107)

Sitroules (1605, Champlain) (107)

Squash (1828-1919) (7, 107, 121, 114)

Squoutersquashes (1919, Northeastern Indians, source of English name "squash") (107)

Symnels (1648, summer squash) (107)

Vine-apple [Vine apple] (1919) (107)

Wagmu (1918?-1970?, Lakota, possibly from wagmu? "twisted thing") (121)

Warted squash (1818) (10)

Watong (1918?-1970?, Osage, possibly from watonga "big thing", Osage have many named varieites) (121)

Wild pumpkin (1937, TX) (124)

Zucca (1919, Italy, gourd) (107)

Zucco de Peru (1552, Tragus) (107)

Zucco de Syria (1552, Tragus) (107)