AFRICAN CUCUMBER FRUIT

African Cucumber: African Cucumber has a mosaic virus disease induced crystalline enclosure appearance enlargement and dispersal in sweet peppers with green in color in nature. The African cucumber is a fruit, horned melon or melano, that can be greatest described as melon with horns. It originated in the Kalahari Desert and but now it is present in California and New Zealand. The dark green squash reminds one of bananas, limes, passion fruit and cucumber. It is regularly used for decorating food but also in smoothies and sundaes. Taste-African cucumber taste has been compared to a combination of cucumber and zucchini or a combination of banana, cucumber and lemon. Some eat the shedding as well.. It has a model that does not have horns, but looks and tastes similar. The seeds are covered in a gelatin-like substance. The skin is especially rich in vitamin c and fiber. Before being eaten, adding a small amount of salt or sugar can increase the flavor. However, some people to leave some to decompose in the fields for next summer season seeds/plants. Look- The horned melon also called African horned cucumber or melon, jelly melon, hedged gourd, English tomato, Melano, or Kiwano, is an annual creeper in the cucumber and melon family. Its nickname known by as blowfish fruit in Africa - it is grown for its fruit, which looks like an oval melon with spines like horns. The fruit of this plant is edible, but it is used as regularly for decoration as for food. When ripe, it has a yellow-orange skin and a lime green jelly-like flesh.

African Cucumber Seeds

African Horned Cucumber - Also called Kiwano, Jelly Melon, Hedged Gourd, Blowfish Fruit or Melano.Seeds of this fruits looks in nature as stars irregular in shape with dirty white in color with sharp edges. This horned cucumber plant is a annual vine, with starts its height from 1.5 to 3m long of African origin. The stem is raw-boned, ridged and hairy with internodes are in 5-8cm long. At each node having a 2.5 to 5cm long curling stem forms, along with two to four pale yellow male flowers, and occasionally a fruiting branch. The small, deeply cut, five-lobed leaves are similar to all of the watermelon. The fruits have an oblong shape, are 5 to 10cm long, light-green until maturity and have individual, long, sharp spines on their exterior. Cucumis metuliferus is a member of the Cucurbitaceae (gourd) family. Growing Instructions: The plant is always sensitive to cold and it may be only grown during in the warm seasons. Hot, dry conditions are best for to preventing powdery mildew.

The plants are grown likewise to cucumbers. Caution is in order because the plants have a "weedy"in nature they are vigorous climbers and robust plants which can also quickly take over the land. The fruit forms in clusters with the fruit closest to the plant center maturing first. They have cut from the vine, gloves should be worn. The fruit turns bright orange when it is ripe.

African Cucumber Tree

Cucumber tree is surely an attractive and unusual ornamental tree, an excellent choice for the greenhouse. House plant and now becoming popular grown as a bonsai, requires warmth climate and bright light nature. Fruit: Cucumber-like small fruits which are borne on the trunk as well as the branches. The fruit is too acid to eat raw, but habitually used in place of mango to make chutney. It is said that the juice is can be used for removing stains from linen. The fruit needs the gentle handling because of the thin skin and once picked cannot be kept for more than a few days. Foliage: Attractive delicate pinnate leaves which are sensitive to touch. Flower: Short panicles of dark reddish-purple flowers which are followed by the fruit can be pruned to the desired height.

Health benefits of Cucumber

Cucumber juice provides a wide application to relief from gastritis, acid stomach, heartburns and severe ulcers. Including cucumber in daily diet also has to play a role to reducing eczema, gout and arthritis. It also plays a major role in people suffering from regular environment like chest, lung and other stomach related problems. The substance of potassium in cucumber makes it an ideal meal for people suffering from blood pressure. Not only from this, consumption of cucumber also helps people in relieving who are affected with problems of urinary bladder, kidney, pancreas etc.Cucumber juice when mixed in equal proportions with carrot juice helps in rheumatic conditions and in growth of long hairs. Since cucumber contains vitamins and minerals, it helps in avoiding the splitting of nails due to deficiency of minerals and vitamins. Application: In addition to the many health benefits the utilization of cucumber, it also has many benefits when it is used externally. When a paste of raw cucumber and applied to the skin as a face mask, it rejuvenates the skin and helps to reduce swelling and heat from the face. Cucumber slices is placed on eyes give a relaxed and soothing effect for the eyes by reducing heat and swelling due to excessive pressure. Also when applied to the hair, it increases the shine
of the hair acting as a conditioner.