LA ZUCCHINI OR ZUCCHINO ( CUCURBITA PEPO L.
) IS A SPECIES THAT BELONGS TO THE FAMILY OF CUCURBITACEAE WHOSE FRUITS ARE MAINLY USED WHEN NOT MATURE YET. IT'S AN ANNUAL PLANT WITH HERBAL STEM , FLEXIBLE AND CREEPING, O RAMPICANTE, VERY FRAIL. IT'S BEEN IMPORTED TROUGH ALL EUROPE IN 1500 AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. ITS MATURING PERIOD AND ITS COLLECTING PERIOD, TOO, IS STATED BETWEEN SPRING AND SUMMERS, BUT NOW, ACCORDING TO THE SPREADING OF THE GREENHOUSES, THEY CAN BE SOLD DURING THE WHOLE YEAR. ANYWAYS, IT'S ALWAYS SUGGESTED EATING THEM DURING THEIR NATURAL MATURING PERIOD. ZUCCHINI ARE ONE THE VERY FIRST PRODUCTS THAT CAN BE INTRODUCED INTO THE NEWBORN ALIMENTATION BECAUSE THEY'RE RICH IS POTAXIUS AND THEY'RE REALLY USEFUL FOR THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM STIPSIS.
