Fig-leaved Gourd (Cucurbita ficifolia)

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Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name: Cucurbita ficifolia Bouché
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.: Cucurbita ficifolia
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.: Bouché
Common names: Fig-leaved Gourd, Asian pumpkin, Figleaf gourd, Malabar gourd, Pie melon, Thai marrow, blackseed squash, cidra, fig leaf squash, fig-leaf gourd, fig-leafed gourd, shark fin melon, sidra
Names in other languages (46)
Alcayota, Carabassera de cabell d'àngel, Cayote, Chila, Chiverre, Courge de Siam, Courge de Siam, Courge à feuilles de figuier, Courge à confiture, Courge à confiture, Dynia figolistna, Feigenblatt-Kürbis, Feigenblatt-Kürbis (DE), Feigenblattkürbis, Figleaf gourd (EN), Fügelevelű tök, Gila, Lacayote (ES), Suca semeze, Vijgenbladpompoen, Vitoria, Zucca Siamese, aboboreira-gila, abóbora-chila, chiclayo, chilacayota, chilacayote, chiuche, chiverri, courge à feuilles de figuier, lacoyote, ndëmi'i, sambo, silacayote, tekvica figolistá, ticati, tykev fíkolistá, viikunakurpitsa, zambo, Тыква фиголистная, بذر القرع, قرع أوراق التين, قرع الحبة السوداء, قرع مالابار, ฟักทองใบไทร, クロダネカボチャ, 魚翅瓜(北瓜), 흑종호박
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).: Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.: Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).: Cucurbitales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.: Cucurbita
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.: ficifolia
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.: species
Reference species: Cucurbita ficifolia
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.: accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.: Not evaluated (NE)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-12 18:07.

Photo of Cucurbita ficifolia Bouché — Photo: Sebastián Ordóñez · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-12 18:07.

Interacciones documentadas

GloBI says it is documented somewhere in the world. Biolitica answers whether it could happen here.

A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 5 of 5 has its flowers visited by × is a host of × interacts with × is eaten by × has as a parasite ×

Blocks that do not sit under a navigation concept heading keep the source's own term: no navigation concept has been assigned to them yet.

Flower visit

has its flowers visited by 20 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. Visiting a flower is not pollinating it. «Pollinates» is a different term and a different block, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Caenaugochlora Halictidae	has its flowers visited by	1	not compared	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
1 source · 3 records Vandame R, Mérida J, Sagot P, Madrigal González D, Bedolla García B Y, González-Vanegas P A, Cultid-Medina C A, Barrios J M (2023). Potential host plant records recovered from ECOAB wild bee collection, Mexico. Version 1.10. Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la bio… Published in globalbioticinteractions/ecoab-host-plant Record contexts (sample): Ejido Adolfo López Mateos · July 17, 2009 · Preserved specimen; Ejido Nueva Costa Rica · Sept. 17, 2009 · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Green Metallic Sweat Bee Augochloropsis metallica Halictidae	has its flowers visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Vandame R, Mérida J, Sagot P, Madrigal González D, Bedolla García B Y, González-Vanegas P A, Cultid-Medina C A, Barrios J M (2023). Potential host plant records recovered from ECOAB wild bee collection, Mexico. Version 1.10. Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la bio… Published in globalbioticinteractions/ecoab-host-plant Context: Ejido Adolfo López Mateos · July 14, 2009 · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Fox-colored Stingless Bee Trigona fulviventris Apidae	has its flowers visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 2 records Vandame R, Mérida J, Sagot P, Madrigal González D, Bedolla García B Y, González-Vanegas P A, Cultid-Medina C A, Barrios J M (2023). Potential host plant records recovered from ECOAB wild bee collection, Mexico. Version 1.10. Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la bio… Published in globalbioticinteractions/ecoab-host-plant Record contexts (sample): Ejido Nueva Costa Rica · Sept. 14, 2009 · Preserved specimen; Ejido Nueva Costa Rica · Sept. 14, 2009 · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Black Slender-Stingless bee Frieseomelitta nigra Apidae	has its flowers visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Vandame R, Mérida J, Sagot P, Madrigal González D, Bedolla García B Y, González-Vanegas P A, Cultid-Medina C A, Barrios J M (2023). Potential host plant records recovered from ECOAB wild bee collection, Mexico. Version 1.10. Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la bio… Published in globalbioticinteractions/ecoab-host-plant Context: Ejido Adolfo López Mateos · Sept. 18, 2009 · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is a host of 13 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Septoria cucurbitacearum Mycosphaerellaceae	is a host of	4	not compared
4 sources · 4 records https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=11788305 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Riga · Oct. 6, 1933 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1244219 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Latvia, Vidzeme Prov., Bulduri · Oct. 6, 1935 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1244220 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Latvia (Lettland), Riga Botanic Garden · Oct. 1, 1933 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=3244839 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Lettland; Riga: Botanischer Garten · Oct. 1, 1933 · Exsiccati A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Erysiphe cichoracearum	is a host of	4	no location
4 sources · 4 records https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1373295 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Mittelfranken, Hersbruck Kr., Hersbruck · Sept. 26, 1947 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1373296 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Mittelfranken, Hersbruck Kr., Hersbruck, Lager · Sept. 30, 1947 · Preserved specimen Mujica, F., and Vergara, C.. 1945. Flora fungosa Chilena. Indice preliminar de los huespedes de los hongos chilenos y sus referencias bibliograficas. Imprenta Stanley :199 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Chile · no date published Alvarez, M.G.. 1976. Primer catalogo de enfermedades de plantas Mexicanas. Fitofilo 71:1-169 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Mexico · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
veksthusmjøldogg Golovinomyces orontii Erysiphaceae	is a host of	2	no location
2 sources · 2 records Amano, K. (Hirata). 1986. Host range and geographical distribution of the powdery mildew fungi. Japan Sci. Soc. Press, Tokyo :741 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Germany · no date published Braun, U.. 1995. The Powdery mildews (Erysiphales) of Europe. Gustav Fischer Verlag :337 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: United Kingdom · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Oidium sp. pm-103 Erysiphaceae	is a host of	1	no location	Not a modelling unit: the source did not resolve a species — the name carries an open-nomenclature qualifier.
1 source · 3 records Amano, K. (Hirata). 1986. Host range and geographical distribution of the powdery mildew fungi. Japan Sci. Soc. Press, Tokyo :741 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Record contexts (sample): Portugal · no date published; Australia · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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interacts with 6 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Encarsia melanostoma Aphelinidae	interacts with	2	no location
2 sources · 2 records Hernández-Suárez, E., Carnero, A., Aguiar, A., Prinsloo, G., LaSalle, J. & Polaszek, A. (2003) Parasitoids of whiteflies (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae, Eulophidae, Platygastridae; Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Canary Islands, Madeira and the A… Published in urn:lsid:checklistbank.org:dataset:124661 Context: no place published · no date published @article{70280, author = {Hernández-Suárez, E. and Carnero, A. and Aguiar, A. and Prinsloo, G. and LaSalle, J. and Polaszek, A.}, booktitle = {Systematics and Biodiversity}, journal = {Systematics and Biodiversity}, month = {may}, day = {9}, pages = {55-108}, title… Published in globalbioticinteractions/taxonworks Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Encarsia noahi Aphelinidae	interacts with	1	no location
1 source · 1 record @article{70280, author = {Hernández-Suárez, E. and Carnero, A. and Aguiar, A. and Prinsloo, G. and LaSalle, J. and Polaszek, A.}, booktitle = {Systematics and Biodiversity}, journal = {Systematics and Biodiversity}, month = {may}, day = {9}, pages = {55-108}, title… Published in globalbioticinteractions/taxonworks Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Diptera sp.	interacts with	1	not compared	Not a modelling unit: the source did not resolve a species — the name carries an open-nomenclature qualifier.
1 source · 1 record Rodríguez, A. 2503 JBB Published in globalbioticinteractions/delrisco2021 Context: Bogotá, Colombia · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Parasitic wasp Encarsia pergandiella Aphelinidae	interacts with	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Hernández-Suárez, E., Carnero, A., Aguiar, A., Prinsloo, G., LaSalle, J. & Polaszek, A. (2003) Parasitoids of whiteflies (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae, Eulophidae, Platygastridae; Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Canary Islands, Madeira and the A… Published in urn:lsid:checklistbank.org:dataset:124661 Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is eaten by 3 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Euphoria basalis Scarabaeidae	is eaten by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8397938 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 13, 2017 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Campylocentrus pusillus	is eaten by	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Peraza-Sánchez, A.J. & McKamey, S.H. (2025) First immature of the New World treehopper <i>Campylocentrus nigris</i> Funkhouser, 1930 (Hemiptera, Membracidae, Centrotinae, Boocerini) and biological notes from Costa Rica. <i>ZooKeys</i>, 1249, 137–146. https://doi.org/10.3897/… Published in urn:lsid:checklistbank.org:dataset:2317 Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
European Honey Bee Apis mellifera Apidae	is eaten by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Rodríguez, A. 2503 JBB Published in globalbioticinteractions/delrisco2021 Context: Bogotá, Colombia · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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has as a parasite 3 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Encarsia melanostoma Aphelinidae	has as a parasite	1	no location
1 source · 1 record HernanCaAg2003 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database Published in globalbioticinteractions/natural-history-museum-london-interactions-bank Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Parasitic wasp Encarsia pergandiella Aphelinidae	has as a parasite	1	no location
1 source · 1 record HernanCaAg2003 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database Published in globalbioticinteractions/natural-history-museum-london-interactions-bank Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Encarsia noahi Aphelinidae	has as a parasite	1	no location
1 source · 1 record HernanCaAg2003 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database Published in globalbioticinteractions/natural-history-museum-london-interactions-bank Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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Interaction data from Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI), GloBI 0.11. Each row keeps the citation its own study published.

Interactions are published at species level: they are not resolved by variety or race.

Each block is headed by the source's own term, read from this species' end — not by a category of ours. Two similar terms are not merged.

«Documented here» means the interaction was observed in this territory. It is not evidence that the species is here, and it does not enter the niche model.

Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

Uses and recommendations that a source documents for this species beside a crop, each in its own context. They are the source's statements, not traits of the species and not Biolítica's recommendations, and none of them is a relation between two species.

Among the sources you can read, none documents a use or recommendation of this species beside a crop.