Minor crops.

Urban Farm DB summary

This book chapter covers the cultivation and uses of numerous minor cucurbit crops — including Benincasa hispida (wax gourd), Coccinia grandis (ivy gourd), wild Cucumis species, wild Cucurbita species, Luffa species, several Momordica species, Praecitrullus fistulosus, Sechium edule (chayote), Sicana odorifera, Telfairia species, and Trichosanthes species. It states these cucurbits are primarily cultivated by smallholder farmers in Asia and are often grown as part of home, school, and community gardens.