Cucurbita moschata Duchesne
- Family: Cucurbitaceae
- Vernacular names: Mathanga, Peeyani, Pooshani, മത്തങ്ങ, പീയണി, പൂഷണി (Malayalam), Pumpkin, Winter squash (English), Paranki pucani, Pucani (Tamil)
- Distribution: Native of tropical and subtropical America; now cultivated in tropics
- Description: Tendrillate climbers. Leaves 5-7 lobed, velvety, lobes acute. Flower yellow. Fruit oblong, contracted in the middle; peduncle to 6 cm, angled; seeds numerous.
- Habit: Climbers/Lianas
- Habitat: Cultivated
- Flowering & Fruiting: September-May
- Parts used: Fruit and seeds
- Properties & Uses: Laxative, stomachic, anthelmintic and anti-inflammatory. Fruit pulp as poultice for boils, burns, snakebite, inflammations, earache and carbuncles. Seeds extract are used to kill tapeworm and schistosomes. Fruit is an antidote to scorpion stings.
- Systems of Medicines: Folk,
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