name: Winter Squash
flavor_db_name_variants: winter squash
source: foodb
status: draft
food_db_id: Winter squash
id: 283
name_scientific: Cucurbita maxima
description: Winter squash is a summer-growing annual vegetable, representing several species within the genus Cucurbita. It differs from summer squash in that it is harvested and eaten in the mature fruit stage, when the seeds within have matured fully and the skin has hardened into a tough rind. At this stage, most varieties of this fruit can be stored for use during the winter. It is generally cooked before eating.
itis_id: 22369
wikipedia_id: Winter squash
picture_file_name: 284.jpg
picture_content_type: image/jpeg
picture_file_size: 200081
picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:41:55.000Z
legacy_id: 311
food_group: Gourds
food_subgroup: Gourds
food_type: Type 1
created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:30.000Z
updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:21.000Z
creator_id: null
updater_id: null
export_to_afcdb: false
category: specific
ncbi_taxonomy_id: 3661
export_to_foodb: true
public_id: FOOD00283