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Cucumis metuliferus E.Mey. ex Naudin - syn.Cucumis tinneanus Kotschy & Peyr. - Cucurbitaceae
kiwano, (African) horned melon, Horngurke, Hornmelone

Annual climbing plant, native to Central and South Africa, cultivated and naturalized elsewhere; fruit with horn-like spines (hence the name), yellow-orange skin and lime green, jelly-like flesh.
Kiwano is also a trademark name of horned melon registered by New Zealand growers. The pulp can be eaten raw including the seeds.

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Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol.137 [ser.4, vol.7], t.8385 (1911) [M.Smith]
http://plantgenera.org/species.php?id_species=297327

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