Easily extracted silver-colored seeds: Simplifies processing for culinary and nutritional use
Versatile seed applications: Suitable for roasting, pepitas, or póllo sauce
Traditional fruit use: Fruit flesh historically used as animal fodder, though less palatable to humans
Distinctive appearance: Round, flattened fruits with white skin and green mottled stripes
Seed bank collection origin: Sourced from a wide elevation range (980' to 5250') for genetic diversity
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Cucurbita argyrosperma. Grown for the tasty and nutritious silver colored seeds. Seeds are easily extracted from the silver edged hull. Seeds are roasted for pepitas or used in pipián sauce. The fruit flesh was traditionally used as animal fodder, but is not particularly tasty for humans. The beautiful round, flattened fruits are white wi
