Tropical and subtropical vegetables (2+1)

Area and production

Summer Squashb
Botanical name : Cucurbita pepo
Family : Cucurbitaceae
Chromosome number : 2n=40
Origin : America probably in north-eastern Mexico
Common name : Vilayatikaddu or Chappan kaddu or Safed Kaddu

Area and production
This crop is grown in limited scale in Punjab, Delhi and UP. Summer squash or vegetable marrow or field pumpkin is a quick growing and early yielding cucurbit which is cultivated throughout India. The fruits however, have many shapes and sizes. Summer squash is an annual bush or vine often trailing in habit. They produce stem with greatly shortened internodes and set fruits in close succession.