A vigorous tropical vine producing distinctive warty, cucumber-like fruits with a bitter flavor commonly used in Asian cuisine. Requires warm growing conditions and benefits from vertical support or trellising.

Chayote is a vigorous, fast-growing tropical vine that produces pear-shaped, edible fruits and edible tubers. It requires sturdy trellising and warm conditions but yields prolifically in suitable climates.

A vigorous perennial vine native to California with large, deeply lobed leaves and distinctive large, warty fruits. It climbs by tendrils and produces small white flowers followed by spiky, melon-like fruits.

A fast-growing annual vine with delicate white flowers and spiny cucumber-like fruits that dry to ornamental speckled seed pods. Excellent for covering trellises, arbors, and fences in a single season.