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It is not known exactly where pumpkins originated from, but it is thought that they originally came from somewhere in North America. The oldest pumpkin seeds were found in Mexico and they have been dated at somewhere between 7000 and 5500 BC.
Fruit is a botanical (scientific) term, vegetable is a culinary (cooking) term. There is no such thing as a vegetable in botany. In botany, pumpkin is a fruit because it is the 'fruit' of it's plant (produces the seeds) just like a pepper or corn.It's dissimilar to a carrot or beet which are 'roots' or celery which is the plant itself or lettuce which is the leaves of a plant. They are only called vegetables with respect to eating them.t actually has the properties of both fruit and vegetable. Anything that grows on trees and has seeds in them is called a fruit. Pumpkins come from the squash family of fruits.Some people use pumpkin for cooking also and that is why the confusion arises if it is a fruit or vegetable.