name: Acorn Squash
flavor_db_name_variants: acorn squash
source: foodb
status: draft
food_db_id: Acorn squash
id: 972
name_scientific: Cucurbita pepo var. turbinata
description: Acorn squash also called pepper squash or Des Moines squash is a winter squash with distinctive longitudinal ridges on its exterior and sweet, yellow-orange flesh inside.Although considered a winter squash, acorn squash belongs to the same species (Cucurbita pepo) as all summer squashes (including zucchini and crookneck squash).
itis_id: null
wikipedia_id: null
picture_file_name: Acorn_squash.jpg
picture_content_type: image/jpeg
picture_file_size: 41436
picture_updated_at: 2020-04-17T16:23:27.000Z
legacy_id: null
food_group: Gourds
food_subgroup: Gourds
food_type: Type 1
created_at: 2020-01-24T17:05:37.000Z
updated_at: 2020-04-17T16:23:28.000Z
creator_id: null
updater_id: null
export_to_afcdb: false
category: null
ncbi_taxonomy_id: null
export_to_foodb: true
public_id: FOOD00972