Pumpkin is a type of gourd-like squash that comes from one of several Cucurbita species. It typically has a thick orange or yellow shell and seeds/pulp inside. Pumpkin seeds and flesh are edible and nutritious, containing vitamins, minerals, and beneficial compounds. Pumpkin vines produce large yellow flowers in the spring that are sometimes eaten. Pumpkins grow best in sunny, fertile soil with a pH between 5.5-6.5, and reproduce through seeds contained in the fruit.

1. 1and 7. Pumpkin is the fruit of the species Cucurbita pepo or Cucurbita mixta.
The word pumpkin originates from the word pepon (πέπων), which is Greek for “large
melon".Pumpkin is a gourd-like squash of the genus Cucurbita and the family
Cucurbitaceae (which also includes gourds).[1] In the United States and Canada it is a
common name of or can refer to cultivars of any one of the species Cucurbita pepo,
Cucurbita mixta, Cucurbita maxima, and Cucurbita moschata
2.. They are typically orange or yellow and have many creases running from the stem to
the bottom. They have a thick shell on the outside, with seeds and pulp on the inside.
We can eat the flesh (vitamins, zinc, low colesterol) also seeds in some countries and
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BENEFITS OF SEEDS
They are a natural source of beneficial constituents such as carbohydrates, amino acids
and unsaturated fatty acids. They contain most of the B vitamins, along with C, D, E,
and K. They also have the minerals calcium, potassium, and phosphorous. Pumpkin
seeds have mainly been used to treat prostate and bladder problems, but they have also
been known to help with depression and learning disabilities.
3 AND 4 FLOWERS
In the southwestern United States and Mexico, pumpkin and squash flowers are a
popular and widely available food item.
Pumpkin vines have large, yellow flowers that are 4 to 5 inches in diameter. The vine
has separate male and female flowers.
5. Pumpkins pick their spaces carefully. Since they're warm weather crops, they grow
best in open spaces where they get at least six hours a sun a day and where soil is fertile
and friable so they never sit in water. They prefer a soil with a pH that ranges from 5.5
to 6.5. Once established, pumpkins can re-seed themselves yearly, providing they are an
"open germination" or heirloom variety. Hybrids tend to either reproduce differently
than the parent or not at all. Like all fruits, pumpkins flower in spring, then set fruit
with seeds that mature with the fruit. Once the growing season ends, from 100 to 140
days after germination, the fruit and plant shrivel with first cold blasts of winter and the
mature seeds are exposed as the pumpkin is eaten by animals or slowly decomposes in
place. Each seed contains an embryonic plant with all the genetic information it needs to
become a full-grown copy of its parent.
6. PARTS:
Seeds, flesh, yellow flowers, thick skin or shell, stem, leaves, roots.