Caigua

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The caigua (pronounced kai-wa) is a vine grown for its small fruit, used as a vegetable. It is also known as caygua, caihua, cayua, achocha, achokcha, slipper gourd, lady's slipper, sparrow gourd (Chinese: 小雀瓜; Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoquè guā), stuffing cucumber, or korila.

Extracts from the fruit may have medicinal value.