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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Telfairia occidentalis''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Cucurbitales]]
| familia = [[Cucurbitaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Telfairia]]''
| species = '''''T. occidentalis'''''
| binomial = ''Telfairia occidentalis''
| binomial_authority = [[Joseph Dalton Hooker|Hook.f.]]
}}
'''''Telfairia occidentalis''''' is a tropical [[vine]] grown in [[West Africa]] as a [[leaf vegetable]] and for its edible [[seed]]s. Common names for the plant include '''fluted gourd''', '''fluted pumpkin''', '''iroko''', and '''ugu'''. Ugwu is also a nigerian surname particular with people from Enugu state in eastern Nigeria.
The plant is [[dioecious]], [[perennial plant|perennial]], and [[drought-tolerant]]. It is usually grown [[trellis]]ed.
The young [[shoot]]s and [[leaves]] of the female plant are the main ingredient of [[Nigeria]]n edikang ikong [[soup]].
The large (up to 5 cm), dark red seed is rich in [[fat]] and [[protein]], and can be eaten whole, ground into powder for another kind of soup, or made into a [[fermentation (food)|fermented]] [[porridge]].
The fruit of the plant is large, reaching 13 kg, but inedible.
== External links ==
* [http://www.fao.org/docrep/X5043E/x5043E07.htm Minor oil crops at the FAO]
[[Category:Cucurbitaceae]]
[[Category:leaf vegetables]]
[[Category:Edible nuts and seeds]]
{{vegetable-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Telfairia occidentalis''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Cucurbitales]]
| familia = [[Cucurbitaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Telfairia]]''
| species = '''''T. occidentalis'''''
| binomial = ''Telfairia occidentalis''
| binomial_authority = [[Joseph Dalton Hooker|Hook.f.]]
}}
'''''Telfairia occidentalis''''' is a tropical [[vine]] grown in [[West Africa]] as a [[leaf vegetable]] and for its edible [[seed]]s. Common names for the plant include '''fluted gourd''', '''fluted pumpkin''', '''iroko''', and '''ugu'''. Ugwu is also a nigerian surname particular with people from Enugu state in eastern Nigeria.
The plant is [[dioecious]], [[perennial plant|perennial]], and [[drought-tolerant]]. It is usually grown [[trellis]]ed.
The young [[shoot]]s and [[leaves]] of the female plant are the main ingredient of [[Nigeria]]n edikang ikong [[soup]].
The large (up to 5 cm), dark red seed is rich in [[fat]] and [[protein]], and can be eaten whole, ground into powder for another kind of soup, or made into a [[fermentation (food)|fermented]] [[porridge]].
The fruit of the plant is large, reaching 13 kg, but inedible.
== External links ==
* [http://www.fao.org/docrep/X5043E/x5043E07.htm Minor oil crops at the FAO]
[[Category:Cucurbitaceae]]
[[Category:leaf vegetables]]
[[Category:Edible nuts and seeds]]
{{vegetable-stub}}
