Ugu (Fluted Pumpkin) is a trilling plant grown for its leaves and seeds. In this article, we are looking at the Ugu leaf, more detail about the Ugu seed in the next article, To begin let’s describe the Ugu leaf Description of the Ugu leaf Its appearance: The Ugu leaf is dark green in colour,…
Now in this article we’ll be looking at the Ugu seed, In the previous article we looked at the Ugu leaf. Ugu seed called Mkpuru Ugu and the pod called Ogbo Ugu in igbo, At the start of the growing process of the Ugu plant, The seed is nowhere in the picture aside from the…
Ugu as it is called in South Eastern Nigeria is a well known vegetable grown in Nigeria and other West African countries. It’s called Fluted Pumpkin in English which is very different from the popular Pumpkin (ukboghuro). Its other names are Fluted Gourd, Sokoyokoto in Yoruba, Kabewa in Hausa and Ikong-Ubong in Efik. The botanical…