Snake Gourd Green Long

Description

The common name Snake Gourd refers to the narrow, slightly twisted elongated fruit, soft skinned immature fruit can reach up to 3 feet in length. The white uni sexual flowers have long lacy fringers on the five petals and opens at night after successful pollination, flower produced long green to white edible fruits that become bright orange when fully ripe. Young fruit flavor is mild and is similar to cucumber, as it matures the seed become hard, Pulp turns red and the flavor becomes bitter and gelatinous with many seeds. This plant grows very fast in warm climates and produces lots of fruits for a long time. Seeds can be sown directly in to the fields, seed must not be sown in deep , need support or structure for obtaining young straight fruits.