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Cucurbita moschata - Butternut

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[[File:Butternut nutMittha Kaddu (Punjabi- ਮਿੱਠਾ ਕਦੂੱ) (5132851842).jpg|thumb|right|''Juglans cinereaDangara balli'']]'', 'Squash'Butternut'']]is an annual climbing plant. That can produce stems up to 5 metres long. The plant is widely cultivated, especially in warm temperate and tropical areas. It is also an important leaf vegetable in Africa, supplies a popular edible seed and has a wide range of medicinal uses.==Uses=={{Uses|Abdominal cramps}}, {{Uses|Intestinal worms}}, {{Uses|Tape worm}}, {{Uses|Reddish blotches}}, {{Uses|Haemorrhages}}, {{Uses|Jaundice}}, {{Uses|Headache}}, {{Uses|Ophthalmia}}, {{Uses|Kinds of tumours}}
'''Butternut'''==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Flowers}}, commonly known as '''Juglans cinerea or white walnut'''{{Parts Used|Seeds}}, is a species of walnut native to the eastern United States and southeast Canada.{{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Young stems}}, {{Parts Used|Fruits}}
== Description Chemical Composition== Butternut is a deciduous tree growing to 20 m (66 ft) tallThe lipids isolated from the seeds included glycerides, rarely 40 m (130 ft). Butternut is a slow-growing speciessterol esters, phosphatidylcholine and rarely lives longer than 75 years. It has a 40–80 cm (16–31 in) stem diameter, with light gray barkphosphatidylinositol.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
The leaves are pinnate, 40–70 cm (16–28 in) long, with 11–17 leaflets==Common names=={{Common names|kn=ಸಿಹಿ ಕುಂಬಳ ಕಾಯಿ Sihi kumbala kaayi|ml=Kumpalam|sa=|ta=Pucani|te=Gummadi|hi=Halwa kaddu|pa=Halwa kaddu|en=Butternut Pumpkin, each leaflet 5–10 cm (2–4 in) long and 3–5 cm (1 1⁄4–2 in) broad. The whole leaf is downy-pubescent, and a somewhat brighter, yellower green than many other tree leaves.Butternut flowers from April to June, depending upon location, about the same time as the new leaves appear.Squash}}<ref name="Common names"/>
The fruit is a lemon==Properties==Reference: Dravya -shaped nutSubstance, produced in bunches of two to six togetherRasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.===Dravya===
==Common name=Rasa===
* '''English''' - Butternut* '''kannada''' - ಬೂದುಕುಂಬಳಕಾಯಿ===Guna===
== Uses =Veerya===
*It is often used to make furniture, and is a favorite of woodcarvers.*Butternut bark and nut rinds were once often used to dye cloth to colors between light yellow and dark brown. To produce the darker colors, the bark is boiled to concentrate the color.*Butternut bark has mild cathartic properties and was once used medicinally in place of jalap, a more expensive cathartic which was imported from Mexico.*During the American Revolution, a butternut extract made from the inner bark of the tree was used in an attempt to prevent smallpox, and to treat dysentery and other stomach and intestinal discomfort.===Vipaka===
== External Links =Karma===
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juglans_cinerea Juglans cinerea-Wikipedia]===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Climber}}
 
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Prostrate|Internodes to 10 cm, scabrous. Leaves 5-7-lobed, 16 x 24 cm, velvety, lobes acute; petiole to 15 cm}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
 
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|8 cm wide|Pale yellow|Stamens 3|Flowers Season is June - August}}
 
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Stamens 3|6 cm||Fruit oblong, contracted in the middle|Seeds numerous, to 12 x 8 mm}}
 
===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==
The plant can be grown from the temperate zone to the tropics, so long as there is a warm growing season of at least 150 days<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
 
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|South America}}, {{Commonly seen|North America}}.
 
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
001 ayote.jpg
Butternut Pumpkin (5132168765).jpg
Calabasa vine.jpg
Calabazas del centro de Argentina - pedúnculos de Cucurbita argyrosperma "Calabaza" y C. moschata "Anco", según Millán 1968.svg
Calabazas del centro de Argentina 1 - Cucurbita moschata "Anco" pedúnculo, según Millán 1968.svg
Chosun squash.jpg
Close up of Pumpkin, Halfsliced (Scientifc Name Cucurbita maxima).jpg
Courge cou tors du Canada Vilmorin-Andrieux 1883.png
Courge de Yokohama Vilmorin-Andrieux 1883.png
Courge.jpg
</gallery>
 
==References==
 
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[http://gbpihedenvis.nic.in/PDFs/Glossary_Medicinal_Plants_Springer.pdf Chemical composition]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/244545 Diagnostic]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/c/cucurbita-moschata Common names]</ref>
 
 
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://practicalplants.org/wiki/Agrimonia_eupatoria Cultivation]</ref>
</references>
 
==External Links==
* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17511465 Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of an acidic polysaccharide extracted from Cucurbita moschata Duchesne ex Poiret]
* [http://pubs.sciepub.com/plant/3/1/3/index.html Agromorphological, Chemical and Biochemical Characterization of Pumpkin]
* [http://eol.org/pages/584408/overview Cucurbita moschata on encyclopedea of life]
* [https://www.britannica.com/plant/Cucurbita-moschata Cucurbita moschata on encyclopedea britanicca]
 
* [https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/17068Cucurbita moschata on cookies on invasive Species Compendium]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos]]
[[Category:Cucurbitaceae]]
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