Cucurbita moschata, Mathanga, Peeyani, Pooshani, Pumpkin, Winter squash, മത്തങ്ങ, പീയണി, പൂഷണി

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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