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Home » Fruit » Hard Fruit » Melons » Cassabanana Melons

Cassabanana Melons

Cassabanana Melons grow on a perennial vine up to 50 feet (15 metres) long that can be started from seeds or cuttings. Some people grow the vine as an ornamental. It will climb trees or it can be trained on trellises, and it can adhere to smooth surfaces.

The vine has leaves up to 1 foot (30 cm) wide, and male and female flowers.

The fruit is 1 to 2 feet (30 to 60 cm) long. The thick, hard rind can be orange, yellow, purple, or black. It will be smooth and glossy when ripe.

Inside, the tender, sweet flesh is orange or yellow. At the centre, there is a soft pulp with oval, flat brown seeds about ½ inch (1 cm) long and half as wide. The seeds grow in rows the length of the melon.

The fruit has a sweet aroma. It is very fragrant in the house. Some people think it repels moths.

Cooking Tips

Cassabanana Melon can be eaten raw in slices. Some say it is better with a little sugar.

It can also be cooked and made into preserves such as jam.

When unripe, it is treated as a vegetable.

The most popular use is jam.

Nutrition Facts

Per 100 g (3 ½ oz), peeled and seeded

Amount
Fat
.2 g
Protein
.145 g
Vitamin C
13.9 mg
Calcium
21.1 mg
Iron
.33 mg
Potassium
24.5 mg

History Notes

Cassabanana Melon is native to Brazil but was already being grown before the Europeans arrived in places such as what is now Ecuador .

Other names

AKA: Banana Passion Fruit, Musk Cucumber, Sikana
Scientific Name: Cucurbita odorifera Vell, Sicana odorifera
Spanish: Alberchigo, Calabaza de olor, Calabaza melón, Melocotonero, Pérsico
Portuguese: Coróa, Curuba, Melão caboclo, Melão macã

This page first published: Apr 29, 2005 · Updated: Jun 16, 2018.

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