120 days. Tropical flavor like a combination of banana, cucumber, and lime. Harvest when fruit changes from green to orange. Juicing is a convenient method of consumption.
A traditional food plant in many parts of Africa and one of the few water sources during the dry season in the Kalahari Desert.
Also known as the African horned cucumber or Kiwano, this thorny, oval fruit contains many seeds encased in what resembles lime Jell-O. For best germination soil temperatures should be between 68–95°F.
Pot Size & Price
seed packets
$4.00
Sunlight Exposure
Full Sun
Catalog
V101
Plant Traits
Culinary
Cold Sensitive
New This Year
Organic