Pepino Melon - 5 Seeds

Pepino Melon belongs to the genus Solanum and is also known as pepino dulce, melon pears and tree melons. It is a fruit that is native to South America. It is not actually a melon as such, but instead the fruit of a small evergreen shrub and closely related to the nightshade family (the nightshade family includes tomatoes and eggplant). Pepino is perennial evergreen plant, grow in mediterranean, subtropical, tropic climates. It grows well in South Africa's climate as well.

Pepino Melon tree is a small, evergreen shrub bearing purple flowers followed by deliciously sweet, smooth, oval shaped fruit. The skin of the fruit turns light creamy-yellow with purple stripes when fully ripe.