Achocha
Layer: Not specified
USDA Hardiness Zone: 9 - 11
Edible: Yes
Edible parts: Fruit, Leaves, Shoots
Light requirement: Full sun, Partial sun/shade
Water requirement: Moist
Soil texture preferences: Light sandy, Medium, Heavy clay
Native To: Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Peru, Venezuela
Introduced To: Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Peru, Venezuela
Warnings: Weed potential
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- Alternate name
- Caihua, caygua, cayua, korila, wild cucumber, also known as: achocha, achokcha, achojcha, achoqcha, achuqcha, acochca, archucha barela, bottle gourd, caigua, kaywa, lamthabi, meetha karela, patal, pinyin (chinese) pepino de rellenar, prickle cyclanthera, slipper gourd, stuffing cucumber, lady's slipper, sparrow gourd, calabash gourd
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Growth
- Fast
- Height
- 4.5
- Introduced into
- China South-Central, East Himalaya, Réunion, Tibet
- Life cycle
- Annual
- Plants for a future
- https://pfaf.org/User/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Cyclanthera pedata
- Plants of the world online
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:292512-1
- Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclanthera_pedata
Slug: cyclanthera-pedata-achocha
Permapeople ID: 6352