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This fruit looks like a watermelon but tastes like a cucumber

Cucamelon

Exotic Mexican plant which tastes of cucumber and lime called cucamelon is launched in Britain for the first time

• Odd-looking fruit can be pickled, made into salsa or eaten on its own
• Seeds of cucamelon will be sold by a company in Devon

They are the size of grapes, look like miniature watermelons and taste of cucumbers and lime.

But the bizarre-looking 'cucamelon' is not some genetically-modified hybrid grown in a laboratory.

It's a central American delicacy that's been eaten in Mexico for centuries. 

A  spokesman said: 'It can be used in a variety of dishes including salads and salsa, or can be speared and placed in a martini glass which works quite well.'


The fruit, also known as a 'mouse melon' or 'Mexican sour gherkin', can be eaten on its own, pickled or used in salsa.
They can be cultivated in tubs, pots, or growbags and take around two to three months to mature.

The sour fruits grow on a thin vine and are surrounded by leaves that look similar to ivy and drop to the floor when ripe.