Lagenaria Sphaerica - Indigenous South African Perrenial Shrub - 5 Seeds Cucumber Pale Blue flowers with cream

Pale Blue flowers with cream inner segments and 1 or 2 spotted leaves

or sometimes used in a soup called pepperpot soup

Growing to 8cm with fleshy leaves and rose coloured flowers in spring to summer

The corms are small

racemes of yellow flowers marked with orange/brown Summer

Lagenaria Sphaerica - Indigenous South African Perrenial Shrub - 5 Seeds Cucumber Pale Blue flowers with creamLagenaria sphaerica is a herbaceous climber in the Cucurbitaceae family. It is commonly known as the Wild Melon. These plants are found in low lying areas from the Eastern Cape of South Africa to east Africa. The may grow along river floodplains or into the canopy of riverine forests. They may also be found in coastal dune vegetation. These plants produce large white flowers which attract many insects. Annual vine, attractive marbled gourd like