The fruits of the fluted gourd are inedible, but leaves are used as a vegetable. The seeds are edible.
Names
Scientific
Telfairia occidentalis
English
Fluted gourd
Fluted pumpkin
Dutch
Fluted pompoen
West-Afrikaanse gegroefde pompoen
Taxonomy
Order
Cucurbitales
Family
Cucurbitaceae
Genus
Telfairia
Species
Telfairia occidentalis (Fluted gourd)
Crop categories
Edible seeds
Leaf vegetables
Minor crops
Subtropical crops
Tropical crops
Vegetables