Showing Food Winter squash
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| Name | Winter squash | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Cucurbita maxima | ||||||||||
| Description | Winter squash, Cucurbita maxima, is an annual fruit native to North America. It is widely consumed in the United States, Canada, and Europe. The culinary uses of winter squash include roasting, steaming, baking, frying, and incorporating into stews, soups, curries, gratins, casseroles, pasta, pies, cakes, and pastries. The flesh is tender and sweet, with a caramelized exterior when roasted. The color of winter squash varies from yellow to orange to dark green, with a sweet, nutty taste and a mild, earthy odor. Winter squash is rich in vitamins A and C, potassium, and fiber, providing several health benefits, including antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties (PMID: 37006627, PMID: 35954026). The most notable chemical in winter squash is beta-carotene. Winter squash has medicinal uses, including treating digestive issues and inflammation. Industrially, it is used in the production of squash oil and squash seed oil. A peculiar mode of preparation is roasting the squash whole, then scooping out the flesh and serving it as a side dish. | ||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00283 | ||||||||||
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| Group | Gourds | ||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Gourds | ||||||||||
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| Superkingdom | Eukaryota | ||||||||||
| Kingdom | Viridiplantae | ||||||||||
| Phylum | Streptophyta | ||||||||||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | ||||||||||
| Order | Cucurbitales | ||||||||||
| Family | Cucurbitaceae | ||||||||||
| Genus | Cucurbita | ||||||||||
| Species | maxima | ||||||||||
| Variety | Not Available | ||||||||||
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| ITIS ID | 22369 | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Winter squash | ||||||||||
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| Content Reference | — Duke, James. 'Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. United States Department of Agriculture.' Agricultural Research Service, Accessed April 27 (2004). — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. — Shinbo, Y., et al. 'KNApSAcK: a comprehensive species-metabolite relationship database.' Plant Metabolomics. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006. 165-181. | ||||||||||