name: Horned Melon

flavor_db_name_variants: horned melon

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food_db_id: Horned melon

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name_scientific: Cucumis metuliferus

description: The horned melon, also called African horned cucumber or melon, jelly melon, hedged gourd, English tomato, melano, kiwano, or cherie, is an annual vine in the cucumber and melon family. It is considered to be the ancestor of the other cultivated melons. Often known by its nickname in the southeastern United States, blowfish fruit, it is grown for its fruit, which looks like an oval melon with horn-like spines. The fruit of this plant is edible, but it is used as often for decoration as for food. When ripe, it has a yellow-orange skin and a lime green jelly-like flesh with a tart taste, and texture similar to a cucumber. The horned melon is native to Africa, and it is now grown in California, Chile, Australia and New Zealand as well. [Wikipedia]

itis_id: 501835

wikipedia_id: Horned_melon

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picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 61354

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:31:21.000Z

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food_group: Gourds

food_subgroup: Gourds

food_type: Type 2

created_at: 2011-12-16T22:22:18.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:31.000Z

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ncbi_taxonomy_id: 61886

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