Kharbouza melon

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Name Variations

 * kiwano
 * kiwano melon
 * horned melon
 * African horned cucumber
 * African horned melon
 * English tomato
 * hedged gourd
 * jelly melon
 * melano

About Kharbouza melon
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The horned melon, also called melano, African horned cucumber or melon, jelly melon, hedged gourd, English tomato, or kiwano (a registered trademark of New Zealand's Prinut Inc.), is a vine of African origin, grown for its fruit, which looks like an oval melon with horns and is very decorative. Once native only to the region of the Kalahari desert, the horned melon is now grown in California and New Zealand as well.

Picked green, ripened orange, the fruit tastes like a mix of cucumber, lemon, lime and banana. The fully ripe melon has a gorgeous orange rind with spikes. The yellow-green flesh has a gelatinous consistency, and contains whitish seeds similar to those of a cucumber.

Use: Can be used as an ornamental fruit or squeeze the melon to add a zesty pick up to smoothies and fruit drinks.

Season: Year round, mostly sold in August to December.