Ridge Gourd

Product Description

We are known for trading of Ridge Gourd in Salem, Tamil Nadu, India. Ridge Gourd is a dark green, ridged and tapering pretty vegetable classified under the cucumber family. The fruit of these species is cultivated and eaten as a vegetable. The vegetable is popular in China and southeast Asia. When the fruit is fully ripened it is very fibrous. It has white pulp with white seeds embedded in spongy flesh. A ridge gourd also commonly known as Turai or Turiya in India. The fully developed fruit is the source of the scrubbing sponge which is used in bathrooms and kitchens as a sponge tool. Ridge Gourd is low in saturated fat and cholesterol, high in dietary fibre, vitamin C, riboflavin, zinc, thiamin, iron, magnesium and manganese.