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Survives zone 4 through 9
⚠ Pulp sweet but INSIPID/variable. In Japan the bitter RIND — stuffed and fried — is the prized culinary part.
- Hardiness
- Zone 4 to 9
- Habit
- Vine
- Edible part
- Fruit
- Ripens
- Autumn (pods split open)
- Mature size
- Vigorous vine 8–10 m
- Light
- Full sun to partial — roots shaded, top in sun
- Soil pH
- 6.0–7.0
- Environment
- Temperate
- Status
- Both wild and cultivated
- Years to fruit
- 3–4 yrs
- Pollination
- ⚠ SELF-INCOMPATIBLE — plant 2 genetically distinct vines