Life Span
Annual
Perennial
Type
Perennial
Vegetable
Origin
Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean, Central America
Mexico, Central America
Types
Perennials
Sechium edule, Mirliton, Vegetable Pear
Number of Varieties
407
0
40000
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Habitat
Desert
Hillside
USDA Hardiness Zone
2-1110-15
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
12 - 6
12-3
Sunset Zone
H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
H1, H2, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Habit
Clump-Forming
Vining/Climbing