5 to 3 meters (8 to 10 ft) high
Growing to 3m with a simple-stemmed rosette facing sideways and slender blue-green leaves with racemes of dense pink flowers which change colour to greenish white
Does well in poor sandy soils and is very drought tolerant however is not evergreen in areas that experience frost
but only about a dozen are still economically important today as crops or garden vegetables
but is designed to enhance germination by attracting oxygen to the germination process
Cucumis Africanus - Indigenous South African Vine - 5 Seeds Pumpkin 5 to 3 meters (8C. africanus is indigenous to Africa and occurs from the woodlands of Angola and Zimbabwe to Namibia, Botswana and South Africa. In South Africa it is found in Limpopo, North West, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu Natal, Northern, Western and Eastern Cape. It is rare in Mpumalanga, KwaZulu Natal and the Eastern Cape. A trailing vine with marbled yellow and green fruits native to the Kalahari desert. USDA Zone 10 Season to Sow Spring