Corn & Cucurbitaceae

Gourd Kobra is a traditionally bottle-shaped gourd with fruits up to 30cm long. The fruits are bright green, mottled with pale spots and streaks. Climbing or trailing up to 250cm or more. Young fruits can be cooked and eaten like squash. Gourds have been grown for a very long time, not primarily for food, but for containers. Fully ripe fruits get hollow and hard as wood. Can be used as bottles for water or containers, musical instruments, lamps, and more. Lagenaria siceraria. 7seeds/pack

Korila is a vining species, climbing over 200cm. Produces pale-green cucumber-looking fruits around 7-12cm long. The seeds are black as fully ripe, should not be eaten since they are quite hard. The fruits are hollow and can be filled and cooked. The leaves are heavily lobed. Cyclanthera pedata. 10seeds/pack

Llena de Napoles produces large, bottle-shaped, elongated, fruits, up to 50cm long. Green-mottled fruits with orange flesh. Stores well some time. Cucurbita moschata. 10seeds/pack

Luffa Gourd, also called Sponge Gourd, is a vining species, climbing up to over 200cm. Produces green fruits, that ripen to dry brown as fully ripe. The fruits grow to between 20-40cm in length. As very unmatured the fruits can be cooked as okra. When the fruits are fully ripe and dry, they can be peeled and the seeds can be emptied. Inside you will find the sponge! The sponge can be used for showering, cleaning plates, housekeeping, etc. Requires a warm place. Luffa cylindrica / Luffa aegyptiaca. 10seeds/pack

Lungo Verde Degli Ortolani is a traditional cucumber from Italy. Cylindrical, dark-skinned, and smooth fruits around 20-25cm long. Crispy texture with few seeds. Cucumis sativus. 10seeds/pack

Maiz Morado is not exactly a sweet corn, as it also has many other uses. It is deliciously eaten as sweet corn though, with its full, sweet, and fresh flavor. In Peru, it is sold dry by the kilo and is used for "chicha morada", and "mazamorra morada", a very popular dessert. The ears are very dark purple, almost black. The plants are around 180-200cm high. 80-110D. 20seeds/pack