HORNED MELON

Also known as jelly melon, this fruit is a member of the cucumber family. When cut, there are hundreds of small nuclei inside. A gel that covers these seeds keeps these seeds together in the fruit. It has a flavor of melon, cucumber, banana and lemon combination.

Kivano, also known as the horned melon fruit, African cucumber. An annual fruiting vine, this melon variety is native to Africa, but is also found in California, Australia, New Zealand and Chile.

Kivano, which is called horned melon due to its unusual appearance, is the fruit of the ivy species. This different fruit, which is grown in the Kalahari Desert in Africa, can take on different flavors according to the period of being plucked from its branch. Kivona fruit sometimes tastes like kiwi, sometimes cucumber and sometimes banana. The only reason for this change in taste is due to the period of plucking. Kivona is yellow to orange when ripe. There are spurs (protrusions, horns) on the peel of the fruit. Juicy, fleshy fruit contains seeds.