Free Pumpkin Identifier - Identify Pumpkins by Picture Online Free

Upload a photo of the fruit and its stem and the tool returns the Cucurbita species, for example Cucurbita pepo for classic jack-o'-lantern types or Cucurbita maxima for many large and blue-gray pumpkins. It does not name specific cultivars.

Cucurbita pepo usually has a hard, sharply angled, five-sided stem. Cucurbita maxima has a soft, round, corky stem, and Cucurbita moschata has an angled stem that flares out where it meets the fruit.

Usually it is a normal squash, but volunteers can be crosses with ornamental gourds and occasionally turn very bitter. Bitterness in squash can come from cucurbitacins, so do not eat a fruit that tastes noticeably bitter, and never rely on an app alone to decide.

Botanically there is none: both are fruits of Cucurbita species. Pumpkin is a cultural name for round, usually orange types, while squash covers the rest, including butternut and acorn squash.

Yes, a clear photo of a leaf and a flower can be enough to get the species. Leaf lobing, prickliness and flower shape all help separate pumpkins from cucumbers, melons and zucchini at that stage.