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Mexican Sour Gherkin
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Gourd family: sopropo & pumpkin

Mexican Sour Gherkin

Melothria scabra Naudin

Names

EnglishMexican Sour Gherkin
Dutch—
SpanishSandía de ratón
Chinese粗糙番马瓟
Scientific nameMelothria scabra Naudin

About this species

Melothria scabra, commonly known as the cucamelon, Mexican miniature watermelon, Mexican sour cucumber, Mexican sour gherkin, mouse melon, or pepquino, is a species of flowering plant in the cucurbit family grown for its edible fruit. Its native range spans Mexico to Venezuela. Fruits are about the size of grapes and taste like cucumbers with a tinge of sourness. It may have been eaten by indigenous peoples before the European colonization of the Americas began.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderCucurbitales
FamilyCucurbitaceae
GenusMelothria

In Suriname

1Records in Suriname
1iNaturalist observations
2025First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Brokopondo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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