Sowing months
Mar, Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Every second day
Mature size
Vine 3–4 m
First harvest
Sixty-five days
Family
Cucurbitaceae
Where it grows
ground, terrace
Good for
food, healing
Sow in
monsoon, summer
Care
Train it upward; fruit on the ground rots in the rains.
A tough climber that fruits through the worst humidity of the year.
Growing it
Train it upward; fruit on the ground rots in the rains.
What it is for
Karela sabzi and traditional preparations.