Pumpkin seed
Cucurbita pepo
Pepitas. Hull-less seed types exist; many pumpkin seeds are eaten hulled or roasted in-shell. Canonical plant is pumpkin; this slug is the food-part entry that already exists as /subjects/pumpkin-seeds.html.
GROW → HARVEST → EAT → DRY → POWDER → CAPSULE → GUMMY — forms are not equivalent. Food first.
Identity
Also called: pepitas, pumpkin-seeds
What it is
Pepitas. Hull-less seed types exist; many pumpkin seeds are eaten hulled or roasted in-shell. Canonical plant is pumpkin; this slug is the food-part entry that already exists as /subjects/pumpkin-seeds.html.
Edible portions
- seeds
Absence of a portion from this list means it is not treated as food here — not that every other part is toxic.
Growing
- Climate. Annual heat
- Light. Full sun
- Soil. Rich
- Planting. See pumpkin.
- Harvest. From mature fruit; rinse and dry.
Processing, drying, storage
- Drying. Dry fully before storage or they mold. See also Make → Drying.
Preparation and culinary uses
- Roast, pesto, snack
Nutrition and compounds
- Minerals (qualitative). magnesium, zinc, iron, protein — look up current USDA FoodData Central entries for numbers.
AAA interpretation Food first. These associations explain why a plant shows up in a nutrient conversation — they are not a supplement shopping list.
Next steps
Sources
- USDA PLANTS Database — taxonomy and range (verify current entries)
- USDA FoodData Central — nutrient profiles for foods (verify current entries; this page does not invent milligrams)
- State cooperative extension growing guides — verify for your region
Honest incompleteness is preferred to fabricated completeness. If a section is missing, no record for it is attached here — not a claim that the plant lacks that characteristic, and not that it was omitted as a secret.
Internal quality class A. Strong page: distinctive plant facts plus practical growing or kitchen use.