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Cucurbita maxima Duchesne ex Lam.
Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
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Cucurbita L. (カボチャ)C. maxima Duchesne ex Lam.Seiyoukabocha (セイヨウカボチャ, 西洋南瓜), buttercup squash
Portuguese traders brought to Japan via Cambodia, which is why they came to be called kabocha in Japanese
introduced to Japan in the mid-16th century, around 1541, during the Sengoku period |
Habitat: escaped from crop fields Leaf: large with large bosses Use: vegetable Cultivation: the first recorded in Japan was in the Bungo Province (modern-day Oita Prefecture) |
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Squash (カボチャ) in Hokkaido
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[1-6] escaped at the foot of small hill in the city of Muroran on September 12 2016.