Organic Mouse Melon - Cucamelon - Miniature Watermelon - Rare Fruit Vine - Melothria scabra - 10 Seeds Fennel sandy soils in light shade

sandy soils in light shade

Can grow to 2m tall

produced on sparse panicles up to 120 cm long

terminal clusters

Organic Mouse Melon - Cucamelon - Miniature Watermelon - Rare Fruit Vine - Melothria scabra - 10 Seeds Fennel sandy soils in light shadeMelothria scabra is a vine grown for its edible fruit. Fruit are about the size of grapes and taste like cucumbers with a tinge of sourness. They are also known as mouse melon, Mexican sour gherkin, cucamelon, Mexican miniature watermelon and Mexican sour cucumber. This plant is native to Mexico and Central America, where it is called sandiita (little watermelon). It is believed to have been a domesticated crop before western contact began. These