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NAME(S): Gac Fruit / Gac Melon / Red Melon / Baby Jackfruit / Spiny Bitter Gourd / Sweet Gourd / Spiny Bitter Cucumber // SCIENTIFIC NAME: Momordica Cochinchinensis
HARDINESS ZONE: 8 - 11 // BLOOM TIME: Summer // HARVEST: Dec - Jan
PLANT HEIGHT: 20' // PLANT SPACING: 24"
LIGHT: Sun // WATER: Average // COLOR: Creamy White Flowers / Orange-Red Skinned Fruit / Red Flesh
Description OTHER: The Gac Fruit Vine is native to SE Asia & Australia. Gac Fruit is not only edible, it is delicious! It has a taste similar to an avacado, & can be eaten boiled, stir fried, or in curries. The fruit is very rich in lycopene & beta-carotene. Gac melons are oblong, about 4” in diameter. They have spiny skin & big really cool seeds. The plants do have used in traditional medicine. This delicious rare fruit is hard to find! Why not grow your own?