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Buffalo gourd (cucurbita foetidissima) hbk; a potential crop for the production of protein, oil, and starch on arid lands

Archived 2024DEC · Record PN-AAB-701

USAID. BUR. FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. OFC. OF AGRICULTURE

Buffalo gourd (cucurbita foetidissima) hbk; a potential crop for the production of protein, oil, and starch on arid lands

REVIEWS THE HISTORY OF THE BUFFALO GOURD, ITS MORPHOLOGY, GENETICAL, AND BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS, ITS POTENTIAL AS A FOOD CROP AND IN GENERAL, THE "STATE OF THE ART" REGARDING THIS FERAL SPECIES AS OF 1974.

Bemis, W. P.; Curtis, L. C. · 1970

Abstract

THE FERAL XEROPHYTIC BUFFALO GOURD, CUCURBITA FOETIDISSIMA, HAS EVOLVED IN THE SEMI-ARID REGIONS OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA AND IS WELL ADAPTED TO DESERT ENVIRONMENTS. IT HAS ABUNDANT YIELDS OF SEEDS RICH IN EDIBLE OIL AND PROTEIN AND ABUNDANT CARBOHYDRATE RESERVES IN THE FORM OF STARCH IN THE LARGE STORAGE ROOTS. THIS WILD PERENNIAL HAS THE POTENTIAL OF BEING A CROP ADAPTED TO ARID TO SEMI-ARID LANDS, PRODUCING ADDITIONAL FOOD CRITICALLY NEEDED TO FEED THE WORLD POPULATION

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