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Sicana odorifera
Also called Casabanana, Musk Cucumber, Cassabanana
Sicana odorifera is a fast-growing tropical climbing vine in the gourd family, grown for its long, cylindrical, edible fruit that is sweet inside. Give it a warm, humid spot with good drainage and a sturdy support to climb.
Sicana odorifera is a fast-growing, tropical herbaceous perennial vine in the gourd family, native to tropical South America and prized for its large, cylindrical fruits that can reach two feet in length. English names include cassabanana or casbanan, sikana, puttigel and musk cucumber.
Grown as an ornamental plant and for its sweet edible fruit, the vigorous, fleshy vine can reach up to 50 feet (or 15 meters) in height, climbing with four-part adhesive tendrils with suction-cup discs to climb surfaces, including trees and buildings. The large, hairy, palmately lobed leaves grow to 30 cm (12 in) in width.
It is propagated by seeds. It is grown widely in the warm parts of Latin America, as well as by the Cajun people of the Southern United States. It needs good drainage to grow well, and does well on an acidic mix of sand (or perlite) and rich compost.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sicana odorifera by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
