Taxon:
Solanum muricatum Aiton
Summary
Place of publication:
Hort. kew. 1:250. 1789
Verified:
12/02/2010
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
melon-pear – Peruvian pepino – French
poire melon – German
Melonenbirne – Pepino – Portuguese
pêra-melão – Portuguese (Brazil)
melão-andino – melão-de-árvore – tomateiro-francês – Spanish
pepino – pepino dulce – Spanish (Peru)
mataserrano – Swedish
pepino –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | center of diversity |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | center of diversity |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | w. Andean region |
Cultivated
Southern America
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia (center of diversity), Ecuador (center of diversity), Peru (w. Andean region)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | fruit | | Hawkes, J. G. 1990. The potato: evolution, biodiversity, and genetic resources |
Human food | fruit | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |