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Pepino

Solanum muricatum

Field notes

Solanum muricatum is a South American species of evergreen shrub grown for its sweet edible fruit.

It is known by the Spanish common names of pepino or pepino dulce ('sweet cucumber', differentiating it from cucumber, which is also called pepino). It is also sometimes called pepino melon or melon pear due to its flavor. Another common name, tree melon, is more often used for the papaya.

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United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided