The mouse melon (also called cucamelon) is a vine, related to the cucumber. It has edible fruit the size of grapes. These fruits taste a little like cucumbers. The plant is from Mexico, and Central America. In Spanish, it is often called sandita, "little watermelon". Very likely, the plant was domesticated before the Europeans came to America.
| Mouse melon | |
|---|---|
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| Vine with fruit | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Genus: | Melothria |
| Species: | M. scabra |
| Binomial name | |
| Melothria scabra Naudin | |
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