Thanks Peter. The information you provided has me excited about this plant. My papaw was given these seeds and asked me to grow them out and return some seeds to him.
I could tell by the seed shape and flower situation that it seemed more like squash. I was actually weary about planting them near by moschata because I was worried some rare chance to cross pollinate.
Another observation is they love to climb and are way better climbers than anything else I am growing. They climb naturally without assist. They seem to be happier when holding on to something. I have only 1 vine on the ground and it’s not producing flowers. The successful ones have found something to climb so that tells me something.
If they produce seeds successfully, I think I will grow some of these out next year too.