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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Horned melon
| image = Cucumis-metuliferus-halves.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Fruit sliced transversely
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Cucurbitales]]
| familia = [[Cucurbitaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Cucumis]]''
| species = '''''C. metuliferus'''''
| binomial = ''Cucumis metuliferus''
| binomial_authority = E. Mey
}}
The '''horned melon''', also called '''melano''', '''African horned cucumber''' or '''melon''', '''jelly melon''', '''hedged gourd''', '''English tomato''', or '''kiwano''', is a [[vine]] of [[Africa]]n origin, grown for its fruit, which looks like an oval [[melon]] with [[horn (anatomy)|horn]]s, and is very decorative. Native only to the region of the [[Kalahari]] desert, it is now grown in [[California]] and [[New Zealand]].
When picked green and allowed to ripen to an orange color, the fruit tastes like a mix of [[cucumber]] and [[kiwifruit]], and when fully ripe has an orange rind with spikes. The yellow-green flesh has a gelatinous consistency and contains whitish seeds similar to those of a [[cucumber]]. When picked fully ripe, it has a banana-like taste. Its construction is similar to [[passion fruit]] or [[pomegranates]].
<center><gallery>
Image:horned_melon-01.png|Whole ripe horned melon.
Image:horned_melon-slice.jpg|Fruit sliced longitudinally.
</gallery></center>
== External links ==
* [http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/cropfactsheets/kiwano.html New crop fact sheet from Purdue]
* [http://www.cookingforengineers.com/article.php?id=133&title=African+Horned+Melon+or+Kiwano Cooking For Engineers - Off Topic: African Horned Melon or Kiwano]
* [http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2006/12/kiwano-banana-and-pineapple-sorbet.html Kiwano, Banana, and Pineapple Sorbet]
{{fruit-stub}}
[[Category:Melons]] [[Category:Cucurbitaceae]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = Horned melon
| image = Cucumis-metuliferus-halves.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Fruit sliced transversely
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Cucurbitales]]
| familia = [[Cucurbitaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Cucumis]]''
| species = '''''C. metuliferus'''''
| binomial = ''Cucumis metuliferus''
| binomial_authority = E. Mey
}}
The '''horned melon''', also called '''melano''', '''African horned cucumber''' or '''melon''', '''jelly melon''', '''hedged gourd''', '''English tomato''', or '''kiwano''', is a [[vine]] of [[Africa]]n origin, grown for its fruit, which looks like an oval [[melon]] with [[horn (anatomy)|horn]]s, and is very decorative. Native only to the region of the [[Kalahari]] desert, it is now grown in [[California]] and [[New Zealand]].
When picked green and allowed to ripen to an orange color, the fruit tastes like a mix of [[cucumber]] and [[kiwifruit]], and when fully ripe has an orange rind with spikes. The yellow-green flesh has a gelatinous consistency and contains whitish seeds similar to those of a [[cucumber]]. When picked fully ripe, it has a banana-like taste. Its construction is similar to [[passion fruit]] or [[pomegranates]].
<center><gallery>
Image:horned_melon-01.png|Whole ripe horned melon.
Image:horned_melon-slice.jpg|Fruit sliced longitudinally.
</gallery></center>
== External links ==
* [http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/cropfactsheets/kiwano.html New crop fact sheet from Purdue]
* [http://www.cookingforengineers.com/article.php?id=133&title=African+Horned+Melon+or+Kiwano Cooking For Engineers - Off Topic: African Horned Melon or Kiwano]
* [http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2006/12/kiwano-banana-and-pineapple-sorbet.html Kiwano, Banana, and Pineapple Sorbet]
{{fruit-stub}}
[[Category:Melons]] [[Category:Cucurbitaceae]]