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MELON PEAR [1 record]

Record 1 2018-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

Plants resembling true melons include the watermelon; the Chinese watermelon ...; the melon tree ...; and the melon shrub, or pear melon (Solanum muricatum), with purple fruit and yellow aromatic flesh, native to the Andes.

CONT

The pepino, or pepino dulce, is an exotic fruit that is produced from the pepino plant, which is a small bush that resembles a tomato vine and which grows to approximately three feet in height. ... The pepino has a taste that is similar to a cucumber, cantaloupe, and a honeydew melon. Because of this, other common names for the pepino include melon shrub, tree melon, mellowfruit, pear melon, and the sweet cucumber.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Arboriculture fruitière
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Plante du plateau des Andes produisant de beaux fruits en forme d'œuf à saveur légère rappelant un mélange entre le concombre, le melon et la poire, et avec une odeur distincte de banane. Fruits ovales de 12 cm de longueur, de couleur crème à jaune pâle, striés de bandes mauves. Chair jaune, tendre et très juteuse, comme le cantaloup. Plante à feuillage de patate et fleurs mauves semblables à celles des tomates.

Spanish

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