Name that plant
Details:
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Date Photo Taken
10 / 21 / 2012
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Season Photo Was Taken
Fall
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Region Photo Was Taken
West
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City
Kona
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State
Hawaii
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Posted by
tamar_505ahoo
Notes:
Thickish kind of rubbery orange rind with soft spines. Inside is full of brilliant red slim and seeds. What I really want to know is- can I eat it? Grows on a vine like cucumber.
Comments
rebutia Unregistered says:
This plant grows wild in Jamaica – west Indies – its called Sersi. Jamaicans make tea withit and some times they add milk to the tea. Its slightly bitter and it helps to relieve tummy ache. The seeds of the fruit is sweet and as a child I used to suck on them. In jamaice it grows as a vine and the lizards of the island like to suck on the seeds as well. Sersi is sold in the caribbean markets in New York for tea.
February 14th, 2013 at 9:47pm
sunnysue2009 Master Identifier says:
Looks like this fruit on the Rio de Janeiro-horned melon, but leaves aren’t the same. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/40167/
January 9th, 2013 at 7:00pm
Buck Master Identifier says:
This appears to be a Chinese bitter melon. I have grown them. They are used in oriental cooking. Buck
October 29th, 2012 at 6:32pm