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204: 46: 57: 179:, which is native to the Caribbean. The skin color typically varies from dark green to light yellow. The flesh can also vary in color, but most common is bright orange or yellow. Varieties differ somewhat in taste and texture, but are generally slightly sweet with a firm but soft texture. Cultivars of the species 234:
that are recorded to have bush-type growth. They typically yield between two and fifteen fruits, but the bush types provide higher yields. The fruit may weigh 2 to 23 kilograms (5 to 50 pounds), and fruit shape varies from oval, spheroid, obovate, pear, oblate, to elliptic. Improved types tend to be
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Calabaza plants are monoecious and are pollinated by insects like honeybees and bumblebees. The plants have long internodes and vines that are up to 15 metres (50 feet) from the crown of the fruit to the plant. Most plants have vine-type growth; however, there are some
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spheroid, oblate or flat. The rind varies in color from a light to dark green when immature and a light orange to beige when mature, and can be smooth or warted. The inside flesh is green-yellow to orange in color and is about 3 to 8 centimetres (1 to 3 inches) thick.
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varieties. The taste is smooth and somewhat sweet. Calabaza is a good source of beta-carotene, some of which can be converted into
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Wu Tao, Zhou Jiehong, Zhang Yafeng, Cao Jiashu (2007). "Characterization and inheritance of a bush-type Tropical Pumpkin
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became established in the Philippines and is a staple vegetable used in a variety of dishes. It is known in Filipino as
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Calabaza is eaten many different ways, such as in stews, cakes, and candies. It can also be used in place of
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in certain countries of South America; and "pumpkin", "squash", or "calabash" in English-speaking islands.
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in Cuba, Florida, Puerto Rico, Mexico and the Philippines (where it is also spelled
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A guide to families of common flowering plants in the Philippines
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specifically identifies "calabaza" as one of its common names.
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may refer to any of several species of squash of the genus
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Index

Calabazas
Calabasas, California
Calabazar
Calabash

Philippines

vine
Spanish language
winter squash
Philippines
Cucurbita moschata
Colombia
Dominican Republic
Venezuela
French
Iberian
carapace
galapago
Cucurbita
C. moschata
C. maxima
C. foetidissima

Filipino
ginataang kalabasa
string beans
coconut milk
pumpkin
vitamin A

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