#cucumis dipsaceus

[kunimacoffeediary]

不思議な実をいただきました。ククミスというそうです。

お互いのトゲトゲがマジックテープのようにくっつきあうのが面白いです🐇💭

[lamacchinafissa]

Look Alikes: Cucumis dipsaceus seedling at La Macchina Fissa.

English names include: Hedgehog cucumber, hedgehog gourd, teasel gourd, wild cucumber.

It’s difficult to tell all the Cucurbitaceae apart at this early stage. 

[evaworld99]

  Hedgehog Gourd,Wild Cucumber, Teasel Gourd,hedgehog cucumber, tiger’s egg

Hedgehog or teasel gourd (Cucumis dipsaceus) has many other names including (in English) hedgehog cucumber, tiger’s egg and wild spiny cucumber. Native to Eastern Africa ( Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania; Arabian Peninsula - Yemen) but now found all over the tropics .It is a sprawling vine 8-10 feet long

  Use

This wild cucumber has edible fruit which are very tasty when green and extremely bitter when yellow and fully ripe. It is loaded with nutrients and antioxidants so is often recommended as a nutraceutical supplement (??)

  Buy

  US and Canada :

Buy seeds from summerhillseeds : $2.5 for 25 s or bulk seeds from sheffields

or buy from Amazon

  Asia:

Buy  from Thaomoc Shop

  Australia :

fairdinkumseeds