Ambili
A Kerala Agricultural University local favourite with soft, bright orange, sweet flesh well suited to curries and stews, popular in home gardens and local markets.
Quick facts
- Crop
- Pumpkin (Kaddu)
- Type
- Open-pollinated
- Season
- Zaid / summer
- Maturity period
- 95–110 days
- Expected yield
- 200–250 q/ha
- Suitable soil
- Loam
About this variety
Ambili is an open-pollinated pumpkin variety associated with Kerala Agricultural University and long popular as a local favourite in the state. Its fruit has soft, bright orange flesh with a genuinely sweet flavour that suits Kerala's curries and stews particularly well, and it is a common choice in home gardens and for the local fresh market rather than for long-distance trade or industrial processing.
Key characteristics
Yield & maturity
Maturity period
95–110 days
Expected yield
200–250 q/ha
Actual yield depends on sowing time, soil, irrigation, weather, seed quality and crop management.
Pest & disease considerations
Major diseases
- No special resistance claimed
Advantages & considerations
Why farmers may choose it
- Genuinely sweet, soft, bright orange flesh well suited to Kerala-style cooking
- A well-established local favourite in home gardens and local markets
Things to consider
- Lower yield (200–250 q/ha) than the heavier northern-plains varieties
- Best documented for Kerala's local growing conditions and market
Suitable regions
States this variety is recommended for — check locally, since a state can have more than one recommended zone.
- Kerala