Search Results for Cucurbitaceae

Tindola: Coccinia grandis
13 Jun 2017

When the fruit ripenes, it turns red, unfortunately it becomes also very mushy. The tindola, as the fruit of the ivy gourd plant is called, is eaten as a fruit-vegetable. Ripe fruits can be candied. In tropical Asia the young shoots are also eaten.

Mouse melon: Melothria scabra
11 Jul 2017

The approximately 3-4 cm long, round-oval berries of the mouse melon resemble tiny water melons with their light and dark green mesh pattern, but they taste intensive like cucumbers.

Hayato Pumpkin: Cucurbita moschata ‚Hayato‘
11 Sep 2017

The variety comes from Japan and is named after a Japanese tribe (隼 人, “Falcon-People”), who lived on the Kyūshū island during the Nara period.

Leaves of the bitter melon: Momordica charantia
26 Sep 2017

Mainly, the bizarre fruits of the bitter melon are used, but the leaves are also edible…

Bitter melon: Momordica charantia (unripe)
26 Sep 2017

Boiled, fried or filled and baked, the immature fruits are very appreciated because of their bitterness.

Bitter melon: Momordica charantia (ripe)
26 Sep 2017

The red tissue, which encloses the poisonous seeds, tastes very sweet.

African horned melon: Cucumis metulliferus
28 Sep 2017

The horned cucumber or african horned melon is indeed related to cucumbers and melons. The green jelly inside tastes like a mixture of both, it is a bit sweet and has little acidity.

Sponge gourd: Luffa aegyptiaca
08 Mrz 2018

If the sponge gourd, which is also called vietnamese luffa, is still immature, its net-like tissue is not yet lignified and therefore soft and edible.

Delicata squash: Cucurbita pepo var. pepo ‚Bush Delicata‘
14 Jun 2018

The rather large fruits are steamed, roasted, stewed and baked, they can be filled.

Stuffing Cucumber: Cyclanthera pedata
01 Mrz 2021

Almost all parts of the beautiful and fast-climbing stuffing cucumber are edible

Kaiser Alexander Cucumber: Cucumis sativus ‚Kaiser Alexander‘
24 Aug 2021

Kaiser Alexander cucumbers at maturity have a dark brown skin with netting. At this stage, the fruit should be peeled before eating.

Baby Boo Pumpkin: Cucurbita pepo var. pepo ‚Baby Boo‘
09 Jan 2023

The Baby Boo pumpkin is hardly bigger than an apple. The firm skin is white, the firm flesh rather cream-coloured to pale orange.

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