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==Uses==
{{Uses|Antidiabetic}}, {{Uses|Eliminate intestinal parasites}}, {{Uses|Regulates cholesterol}}, {{Uses|Strengthens immunity}}, {{Uses|Good for the heart}}
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==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Flowers}}, {{Parts Used|Fruits}}, {{Parts Used|Seeds}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn= kumbala kaayi, see gumbala|ml=chakkerakumpalan, mattan, mattanga|sa=dadhiphala, kushmanda, peetaphala, pitakushmanda, punyalatha|ta=carkkaraipparanki, parangi kayi, pushini, pushinik-kay|te=gummadi kaaya, tiyya gummadi|hi=kaddu, meetha kaddu|en=Pumpkin, Winter squash}}
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==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
===Guna===
===Veerya===
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Vine}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate| Leaves 7-18 x 7-25 cm, orbicular or more or less reniform, entire or emarginate, 5-angled or lobed; petiole to 15 cm long. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|axillary, solitary|Yellow|3|axillary, solitary, large. Male flower: calyx-tube 5-8 mm long, campanulate, lobes 5, linear. Corolla 5-7 cm long, campanulate, yellow, lobes 5, apically recurved. Stamens 3; filaments 5-7 mm long; anthers linear, one 1-celled, others 2-celled. Female flower: Ovary oblong.}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Pepo|Large| Seeds 18-22 x 10-12 mm|Ovate|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
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File:Rouge vif d'Étampes-Cucurbita maxima-01.jpg
File:Cucurbita maxima Cabaza GFDL.jpg
File:Blue hubbard squash.jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">https://www.star-ayurveda.com/cucurbita-maxima/ "Uses"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Cucurbita+maxima
* https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303702518_Cucurbita_maxima_Duch_as_a_medicinal_plant
* https://www.botanical-online.com/medicinalscucurbitapepoangles.htm
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Climber]]
