ZUCCHINI is a species of plant of the Cucurbitaceae family which includes several varieties of squash of very different shapes, colors and sizes, cultivated zucchini, pattypan squash as well as the real pumpkin. Among the best known varieties, we can mention the Black beauty, the Patidou squash (or Sweet Dumpling), the Delicata (or Sweet potato), the Styrian squash (var. styriaca), the long white of Sicily, the melonette Jaspée de Vendée, the Sucrière of Brazil...