Sicana odorifera

Sicana odorifera
Cassabanana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Subfamily: Cucurbitoideae
Tribe: Cucurbiteae
Genus: Sicana
Naudin
Species: S. odorifera
Binomial name
Sicana odorifera
(Vell.) Naudin
Synonyms
  • Cucurbita evodicarpa Hassk.
  • Cucurbita odorifera Vell.

Sicana odorifera, the only species of the genus Sicana, is a large, herbaceous perennial vine native to tropical South America, grown as an ornamental plant and for its sweet edible fruit. English names include cassabanana or casbanan, sikana, and musk cucumber.

The fast-growing, fleshy vine can reach 15 m or more in height, climbing with four-part adhesive tendrils. The large, hairy, palmately lobed leaves grow to 30 cm in width.

The fruit is large, up to 60 cm long, with skin of variable color. The sweet, aromatic, yellow-to-orange flesh of the mature fruit is eaten raw or made into preserves. The immature fruit is cooked as a vegetable.

It is grown widely in the warm parts of Latin America, as well as by the Cajun people of the southern United States.

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