Yandina Community Gardens

41 Farrell street, Yandina

You are here: Home / Know Your Plants / New Guinea Bean

New Guinea Bean

By

New Guinea Bean (aka bottle gourd, succubi or Cucuzza)

New Guinea bean (Web)Lagenaria siceraria

Origin: Dry Tropics

Plant: Sept – Dec

Harvest: Dec – May

A good substitute for zucchini. Pick fruit when no larger than 30cm-45cm, peel, then slice diagonally (remove seeds). Shallow fry the slices in hot oil and serve with freshly milled black pepper for a treat. Mature gourds can grow to many kilos, but will only be useful for seed saving or decoration.

 

Categories

Tags

biochar chop & drop compost composting Edible Greens edible leaves edible seeds edible tubers Event food waste food waste loop ground cover insect attracting Kids event Kids program know your plants Learning Living sustainably Management Committee medicinal plants medicine member event Morag Gamble native stingless bees Nutrient Dense Food Open garden visit Permaculture Plant plants Recipe Recipes Subtropical Greens Support plants Sustainable Building sustainable living Tropical greens volunteer water plant Wax-wrap making wax-wraps Workshop workshops Worm Farming Yandina Community Garden Yandina community Gardens

Permaculture People

Elizabeth Fekonia - Permaculture Real Food
Anne Gibson - The Micro Gardener
Morag Gamble - Our Permaculture Life
Dee Humphreys - Eatin Garden Edible Garden Tours

Acknowledgement of country

Yandina Community Gardens acknowledges and pays respect to the Traditional Owners of the land, the Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi) people, past and present and emerging. We recognise and wish to learn from their spiritual and cultural connection to the land.