| Scientific Name: | Melothria scabra |
| Common Name: | cucamelon |
| Family Name: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Origin: | Mexico |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (grown as), Greenhouse produce plant, Vine or climber |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Climbing |
| Texture: | Very coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Herb, Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Soft flexible, Prickly, Branching hairs, Deltoid, Pinnately lobed |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, Yellow, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Edible, Pepo, Green, Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Vine rough, hairy, trailing, tendrils; leaves alternate, deltoid, most 6-10cm long x 4-8cm wide, 3-5 lobes, palmate venation; flowers yellow, ~6mm wide; pepos ~2cm long x 1cm wide, taste like slightly sour cucumbers. | |