Table 5.1.
Vegetable Type Common Name Other Names Family Name Related crop grown in Florida
Flower Gailon Chinese broccoli (Kale) Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) Broccoli (Chapter 6)
Fruit Long squash Po Gua, Poo Gua, Hu Gua, Opo squash, birdhouse gourd, bottle
gourd, calabash gourd, hard-shelled gourd, dolphin gourd, long
Cucurbitaceae Cucumber (Chapter 7)
Fuzzy squash Hairy gourd, fuzzy melon Cucurbitaceae Cucumber (Chapter 7)
Luffa Loofa, Loofah, Chinese okra, angled loofah, dishcloth sponge Cucurbitaceae Cucumber (Chapter 7)
Kabocha Japanese pumpkin, Kabocha squash, Kent pumpkin Cucurbitaceae Cucumber (Chapter 7)
Long bean dark green Asparagus bean, Chinese long bean, long-podded cowpea, and
yardlong bean
Fabaceae Legume (Chapter 10)
Long bean white Chinese long bean, haricot asperge, pea bean, dow gauk Fabaceae Legume (Chapter 10)
Chinese eggplant Aubergine, brinjal Solanum (Solanaceae) Eggplant (Chapter 8)
Indian eggplant Brinjal Solanum (Solanaceae) Eggplant (Chapter 8)
Thai eggplant Thai purple, Thai green, Thai yellow, Thai white Solanum (Solanaceae) Eggplant (Chapter 8)
Lablab beans Hyacinth bean, bonavist bean/pea, dolichos bean, seim bean,
Indian bean, cluster bean
Lablab purpureus
(fabaceae)
Cluster bean (Chapter 11)
34 2019 Vegetable Production Handbook of Florida