Caigua / Slipper Gourd (Cyclanthera pedata) seeds

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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

2,95 €

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SKU: CYC01

GTIN: 4250601201993

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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.

Plant description

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

Growing advice

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

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
French names:	Margose Lisse, Concombre Grimpant, Concombre des Andes, Achocha
English names:	Kaywa, Slipper Gourd, Lady's Slipper, Sparrow Gourd, Stuffing Cucumber
Spanish names:	Pepino, Pepino de Rellenar, Archucha, Jaiba, Achoccha, Achocha, Caihua

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

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