Night Melon

About

Common Names

Night Melon / Vajo Crei (Waejir)

Classification

Flowering Fruit bearing Vine

Description

A green-black melon which grows on a vine with pale white night-blooming trumpet flowers.

Ecology

Rarity

Distribution

Life Cycle

Uses

Cultivation

Culinary

• Fruit - The dark green-black fruit of this vine is cultivated as a sweet fruit crop.

Medicinal

• Narcotic - The seeds of this melon are a little known source of a narcotic substance.

Other

History

Cultural

Religious