FREE: RARE 5 mouse melon(melothria Scabra) seeds

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You are bidding on 5 seeds that have a 91% germination rate. Vines begin slowly but can quickly cover a fence. Huge yields of small watermelon looking fruit that are the size of grapes. Kids love them! Tastes like cucumber with a hint of lemon(sourness). These are not GMO! Happy Bidding!


Melothria 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. Vernacular names include 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 sandita (little watermelon). It is believed to have been a domesticated crop before western contact began.

Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Melothria
Species: M. scabra
Binomial name
Melothria scabra
Naudin


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Known to grow well in zone 3-12