Telfairia occidentalis

Telfairia occidentalis

Taxobox
name = "Telfairia occidentalis"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Cucurbitales
familia = Cucurbitaceae
genus = "Telfairia"
species = "T. occidentalis"
binomial = "Telfairia occidentalis"
binomial_authority = Hook.f.

"Telfairia occidentalis" is a tropical vine grown in West Africa as a leaf vegetable and for its edible seeds. Common names for the plant include fluted gourd, fluted pumpkin, iroko, and ugu. Ugwu is also a Nigerian surname particular with people from Enugu state in eastern Nigeria.

The plant is dioecious, perennial, and drought-tolerant. It is usually grown trellised.

The young shoots and leaves of the female plant are the main ingredient of Nigerian edikang ikong soup.

The large (up to 5 cm), dark red seed is rich in fat and protein, and can be eaten whole, ground into powder for another kind of soup, or made into a fermented porridge.

The fruit of the plant is large, reaching 13 kg, but inedible.

External links

* [http://www.fao.org/docrep/X5043E/x5043E07.htm Minor oil crops at the FAO]


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