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''Cucurbita radicans'', commonly known in Mexico as calabacilla (little pumpkin/gourd) or calabaza de coyote (coyote gourd),  is a species of gourd found growing wild, but also cultivated, in southern Mexico (specifically in the Federal Districts of
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, Mexico and
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). The type specimen was collected growing in rocks below a mountain near Guadalupe in the vicinity of Mexico City (the exact location is unclear); other specimens were also ubiquitous in the area; in
corn Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. Th ...
fields and gardens, either being cultivated, or as
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. It is a close relative of ''
Cucurbita pedatifolia ''Cucurbita pedatifolia'' is a xerophyte plant species of the genus ''Cucurbita''. It is native to Querétaro, Mexico. It has not been domesticated. While ''C. pedatifolia'' has been cross bred, results have met with limited success. It does ...
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''Cucurbita radicans'' inflorescence
from the Institute of Biology at the
National Autonomous University of Mexico The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigges ...
Flora of Mexico Plants described in 1866 Squashes and pumpkins radicans {{Cucurbitales-stub