Squash, Gourds, and Pumpkins
These annual vegetable crops are vining, climbing, or bushy succulent plants. The fruits are grown for eating, oil processing, or containers. Fruits are harvested before seed maturation for fresh consumption. Varieties used for oil are harvested when the fruits are fully mature and the vine stem has dried. Gourds used for containers must dry on the vine until the seeds are loose and rattle inside. Some varieties provide edible flowers and young leaves.
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Summer Squash Cucurbita pepo
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Gac Momordica cochinchinensis
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Wax Gourd Benincasa hispida
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Seminole Pumpkin Cucurbita moschata
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Tropical Pumpkin Cucurbita moschata
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Tahitian Butternut Cucurbita moschata
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Caigua Cyclanthera pedata
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Bottle Gourd Lagenaria siceraria
夕顔 ( ゆうがお )
Bottle Gourds are typically grown for non-food use. The gourd is allowed to reach its full size on the plant and turned into a valuable container for grains or liquids. Mature fruits contain an extremely hard and waterproof rind when dried. The growing gourd may be constricted with bands to form...- Also available in:
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Italian Edible Gourd/Cucuzzi Lagenaria siceraria
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Angled Luffa Luffa acutangula
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Smooth Luffa Luffa aegyptiaca
ヘチ マ
Luffas are vining annual plants that produce fruits for food and the luffa sponge. The fruits of Smooth Luffa are preferred for luffa sponges. Angled luffa, L. acutangula, is the preferred species for edible fruit.- Also available in:
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Cushaw Pumpkin Cucurbita argyrosperma
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Buffalo Gourd Cucurbita foetidissima
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Snake Gourd Trichosanthes cucumerina (syn. T. anguina)
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Ivy Gourd Coccinia grandis
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Wild Luffa Luffa operculata
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Sikil squash Cucurbita lundelliana