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Melothria sphaerocarpa is a species of melon native from southern Mexico and the Dominican Republic through Central America to tropical South America. It has been introduced to western tropical Africa, where has been known under the synonym Cucumeropsis mannii, and is grown for food and as a source of oil, more often for the seed oil than for the fruit.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Melothria
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Dark egusi en Egusi-itoo en White-seed-melon
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