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    Fluted Pumpkin (Ugu) : Telfaira Occidentalis

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    Fluted pumpkin (Ugu) is a green leafy vegetable grown in Nigeria and West Africa that contains many vitamins and minerals. It is used in soups and medicine. Ugu is a perennial, drought-tolerant plant that produces separate male and female parts. Farmers can harvest Ugu leaves every 3 weeks to sell or export, yielding potential profits of over 720,000 Naira from one plot over a 6 month period through regular harvesting. Proper irrigation, fertilization, and weeding is needed to maximize harvests of this nutrient-rich crop.

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    Fluted Pumpkin (Ugu) : Telfaira Occidentalis

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    Fluted pumpkin (Ugu) is a green leafy vegetable grown in Nigeria and West Africa that contains many vitamins and minerals. It is used in soups and medicine. Ugu is a perennial, drought-tolerant plant that produces separate male and female parts. Farmers can harvest Ugu leaves every 3 weeks to sell or export, yielding potential profits of over 720,000 Naira from one plot over a 6 month period through regular harvesting. Proper irrigation, fertilization, and weeding is needed to maximize harvests of this nutrient-rich crop.

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    Fluted pumpkin (Ugu) is a green leafy vegetable grown in Nigeria and West Africa that contains many vitamins and minerals. It is used in soups and medicine. Ugu is a perennial, drought-tolerant plant that produces separate male and female parts. Farmers can harvest Ugu leaves every 3 weeks to sell or export, yielding potential profits of over 720,000 Naira from one plot over a 6 month period through regular harvesting. Proper irrigation, fertilization, and weeding is needed to maximize harvests of this nutrient-rich crop.

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    Fluted Pumpkin (Ugu) : Telfaira Occidentalis

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    Sam Uduma
    Fluted pumpkin (Ugu) is a green leafy vegetable grown in Nigeria and West Africa that contains many vitamins and minerals. It is used in soups and medicine. Ugu is a perennial, drought-tolerant plant that produces separate male and female parts. Farmers can harvest Ugu leaves every 3 weeks to sell or export, yielding potential profits of over 720,000 Naira from one plot over a 6 month period through regular harvesting. Proper irrigation, fertilization, and weeding is needed to maximize harvests of this nutrient-rich crop.

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    Fluted Pumpkin (Ugu)

    Telfaira occidentalis
    About Fluted Pumpkin (Ugu); Telfaira occidentalis

    • UGU is a greenish leafy vegetable grown in Nigeria and West Africa.


    • The leaves contain lots of vitamins and minerals.
    • This is why it is used in making soup and for medicinal purposes.
    • Ugu is a drought tolerance plant, dioecious and perennial.
    • The plant produces leaves and plant which is mostly consumed.
    • The fruit contains seeds used in planting and consumed by some people.
    • The seed is high in protein and fat.
    Agronomy of Telfaira occidentalis (UGU)
    • It is majorly a dioecious flowering plant.
    • This means it produces separate male and female parts on different plants.
    • The plant size ranges from 16 to 105cm in the length for large plant
    • It has an average diameter of 9cm.
    • The seed count in the fluted gourd can be up to 120 depending on the size
    of the pod and seed. The plant flower grows in sets of five showing a
    creamy-white and dark red petal
    • The young fruit is light green in colour.
    • Ugu is best planted in a sandy –loam soil.
    Uses of Fluted Pumpkin (Ugu)
    • Used as food
    • Used as a medicine (blood tonic)
    • Used as juice
    • Used in feeding livestock (snail)
    • Ugu leaves can be sold fresh or dried by
    • dehydrating and packaging.

    • It may be processed for exportation.


    Target Market for Fluted Pumpkin (Ugu)

    • Restaurants

    • Smoothies Stalls

    • Export Markets

    • Every Individual

    • Market Women
    Plant Management (Irrigation)
    • Wetting should be done every 2-3 days.
    • Irrigation can be done using;
    • Drip Irrigation System,
    • Sprinkler, Rain Gun
    • Or Manual Wetting.

    • Drip irrigation is best used to conserve water


    • And to reduce pest attack.
    Harvesting/Yield
    • Harvesting starts after 2-3months.
    • This depends on the type of seeds bought and the plant management.
    • 2,500/bed or ridge x 12 beds = N30,000 every 3 weeks.
    • Within 6 months, harvest can be done 24 times;
    • 30,000 x 24 = 720,000 Naira on a plot for 6 months.
    Seed Production

    • Female Plants start flowering 6-8 months after planting.


    • A plant can produce 1-2 pods.
    • A pod is sold for N1000 - N1500 depending on size.
    NOTE

    • After first harvest the land should be fertilized with manure or any
    other fertilizer to enhance leave growth for the next harvest which is
    about 3 weeks later.
    • Weeding should be done once in a month or when the weeds are much
    for the plants.

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