Caigua / Slipper Gourd (Cyclanthera pedata) seeds

Undemanding, old vegetable plant. The small fruits of the climber are most often eaten raw in salads.
Contents: Approx. 5 seeds
Open-pollinated variety, seed tested regularly

€3.39

Content: 10 Single seed

Product number: CYC01 GTIN: 4250601201993

Description

Caigua, also called slipper gourd or kaywa, is a very unpretentious old vegetable plant. The small but very numerous fruits can be harvested when they are the size of olives and are often pickled, eaten raw with salads, or as a vegetable. You can also let them grow until they are about the size of short cucumbers. Cucumber-sized caiguas can be consumed stuffed and braised, too.
The plant is also an ancient Peruvian and Bolivian medicinal plant whose use dates back to the Inca population and was used for healing ceremonies.

Lifecycle	Annual
Species	Cucurbitaceae
Eventual height	2-10 m
Flower colour	Green, White
Flowering months	August, July, June, September
Main harvest	August, July, September

When to sow outdoors	June, May
Sowing depth	2 cm
Germination temperature	18-24° C
Germination time	1-4 weeks, 2-6 weeks
Sunlight	Full sun, Shade
Planting distance	40 cm
Row spacing	40 cm

Sowing and care

Preculture from April (2cm sowing depth), plant young plantlets outdoors. Planting distance approx. 1-2m. Loves loose, compost-containing soils.

Other names

Botanical name: Cyclanthera pedata, Anguria pedisecta, Momordica pedata

German: Inka-Gurke, Kaywa, Korila

English: Kaywa, Slipper gourd, Lady's slipper, Sparrow gourd, Stuffing cucumber

French: Margose lisse, Concombre grimpant, Concombre des Andes, Achocha

Spanish: Pepino, Pepino de rellenar, Archucha, Jaiba, Achoccha, Achocha, Caihua

Manufacturer information: Magic Garden Seeds GmbH | Junkersstraße 7 | 93055 Regensburg, Germany | service@magicgardenseeds.com | https://www.magicgardenseeds.com

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