African Cucumber Cucumis metuliferus, kiwano, horned melon Dr.abhay Kumar Pati, Best Nutrition, USA

June 19, 2010 - PRLog -- African Cucumber (Cucumis metuliferus), also known as kiwano, jelly melon, horned melon or melano, is a fruit that can be best described as melon with horns. It originated in the Kalahari Desert and is now present in California and New Zealand.
The spiny fruit which turns bright orange when it is ripe, has a subtle citrus or banana-like flavour that the fruit pulp, a lime green jelly-like flesh can be strained to make a juice. The fruit makes an excellent garnish and its long keeping qualities make it suitable for decorative purposes.
When mature, one melon will fit in the palm of your hand and contains just 24 calories per 100g serving, but provides 40% of the daily vitamin C needed and Vitamin A.

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Best Nutrition Products, Inc.Hayward, California, USA and Biotechayur, Odisha, India manufacture a large number of vitamins, minerals, Chinese and Ayurvedic herbal and nutritional supplements and raw materials of standardized molecules of plants and fruit extracts. Dr. Abhay Kumar Pati, is a physician, author, entrepreneur and industrialist based in the United States, having ventures across the globe. Dr.Pati states that many of our health problems and diseases can be prevented, treated well with life style, food habits and nutritional supplements.