At first glance, kiwano may be puzzling – it resembles a mix of cucumber, melon, and exotic pumpkin. This extraordinary fruit ...

Dice the flesh and mix it into a savoury or sweet salad. For savoury dishes, combine with kiwano cucumber and melon; for sweet dishes, mix it with other melons and delicate-flavoured fruit.

Thorn melon or the Kiwano fruit is one of the fruits that is ... emergence in order to remove the excess seedlings leaving one plant per hill if planted directly in the field.

“Many people told me of the diverse health benefits the plant had and kept urging me to supply them with it. I knew of a farmer in Thika who grew kiwano [thorn melon], so I visited him and he ...