| Plant Habit: | Vine |
| Life cycle: | Annual |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
| Soil pH Preferences: | Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) |
| Fruiting Time: | Late fall or early winter |
| Flowers: | Other: bisexual |
| Flower Color: | Yellow |
| Bloom Size: | 2"-3" |
| Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall |
| Underground structures: | Taproot |
| Uses: | Vegetable |
| Edible Parts: | Seeds or Nuts |
| Eating Methods: | Culinary Herb/Spice Cooked |
| Dynamic Accumulator: | Nitrogen fixer P (Phosphorus) K (Potassium) Na (Sodium) |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Butterflies |
| Toxicity: | Other: Cucurmosin is more toxic to cancer cells than healthy cells |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Start indoors |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Tip |
| Pollinators: | Bumblebees Bees |
| Containers: | Suitable in 3 gallon or larger |
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