Zucchini is a fruit of plant named Cucurbita pepo which is an annual and herbaceous plant in the family Cucurbitaceae. As zucchini is a squash botanically, it shares the properties of cucumber. All the varieties of zucchini have yellowish or white pulp same as cucumber.
| Name | Zucchini |
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| Scientific Name | Cucurbita pepo |
| Native | Mexico where it has been domesticated for at least 5,000 years. |
| Common/English Name | Edible Summer Squash, Autumn Pumpkin, Summer Squash, Jack O’lantern Pumpkin, Summer Pumpkin, Pumpkin, Zuchhini, Vegetable Marrow Zucchini, Courgette, Cocozelle, Zuchinni Squash, Crookneck, Yellow Summer Squash, Crookneck Squashes, Straightneck Squash, Acorn Squash, Acorn, Gem Squash, Cibleme, Button Squash, Custard Squash, Custard Marrow, Granny Squash, Petit Pan, Pattpan, Scallop Squash, Scallopini, White Squash, Sunburst Squash, Spaghetti Marrow, Vegetable Marrow, Spaghetti Squash, Spaghetti Melon, Vegetable Spaghetti |
| Name in Other Languages | Arabic: Qar’ Baladî; Argentina: Zapallo De Angola Bangladesh: Safed Kadu; Brazil: Aboboreira; Chinese: Nan Gua; Czech: Tykev Turek; Danish: Græskar; Dutch: Kalebas; Eastonian: Harilik Kõrvits; Egypt: Karr Kosa; Finnish: Koristekurpitsa; French (Cajun): Courge; German: Gewöhnlicher Kürbis,; Greek: Kolokythi; Guatemala: Hüicoy; Hebrew: Kishu; Hungarian: Ri Tök, Spárga Tök; India:- Bengali: Safed Kaddu, Hindu: Kumrha, Kannada: Bileegumbala, Manipuri: Mairen, Marathi: Kohala, Malayalam: Kumpalam, Sanskrit: Kurkaru, Tamil: Parangi, Telugu: Budide-Gummadi; Indonesia: Labu Merah; Italian: Zucca Da Mangiare; Japanese: Ponkin; Khmer: Lo-Peu; Laos: Fak Thoong; Malaysia: Labu Manis; Mexico: Calabaza; Nepalese: Pharsi; Norwegian: Mandelgraskar; Papua New Guinea: Pamkin; Pakistan(Urdu): Ghia Kaddu; Philippines: Kalabsa; Polish: Dynia Pospolita; Portuguese: Abóbora Porqueira; Russian: Tverdokoraja Tykva; Slavašcina: Cukini; Slovencina: Tekvica Obyčajná; Spanish: Calabaza Común; Swahili: Mboga; Swedish: Pumpa; Thailand:- Central: Fak Thong Nam Tao, Northern: Ma Fak Niao; Vietnamese: Bi Ngo; Venezuela: Calabaza |
| Plant Growth Habit | Vigorous annual, monoecious, trailing vine |
| Growing Climate | Temperate |
| Soil | Well drained, fertile |
| Taproot | Shallow, branched and well developed |
| Stem | Hard, angular, five-angled, semi-erect, pubescent to scabrous |
| Leaf | Alternate, simple, large, broadly triangular, dark green |
| Flower | Bright yellow, pentamerous, solitary |
| Fruit shape & size | Variable shape; Length: 1 meter |
| Fruit color | White, pale-dark green-yellow |
| Flesh color | Cream-yellowish or pale orange |
| Flavor/aroma | Light, sweet |
| Seed | Flattened, obovoid- elliptic, white to pale brown |
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| Major Nutritions (Raw) | Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid) 19.2 mg (21.33%) Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) 0.246 mg (18.92%) Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) 0.16 mg (12.31%) Manganese, Mn 0.198 mg (8.61%) Vitamin B9 (Folate) 33 µg (8.25%) Copper, Cu 0.058 mg (6.44%) Potassium, K 296 mg (6.30%) Phosphorus, P 43 mg (6.14%) Iron, Fe 0.4 mg (5.00%) Magnesium, Mg 19 mg (4.52%) |
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| Calories in 1 cup sliced (113 gm) | 18 Kcal. |