- Paddy melon
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This article is about the plant. For the marsupial, see pademelon.
Paddy melon 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Cucurbitales Family: Cucurbitaceae Genus: Cucumis Species: C. myriocarpus Binomial name Cucumis myriocarpus
E. Mey. ex Naud.The paddy melon (Cucumis myriocarpus) is a prostrate or climbing annual herb native to southern Africa. It has round spiky yellow-green or green-striped fruit; the fruit and foliage are toxic due to the presence of cucurbitacin. The plant has been known to kill livestock. It has been used by humans as an emetic.[1]
The melon is a weed in Australia and in California, where it may also be known as prickly paddy melon, bitter apple, and gooseberry gourd.[1]
The plant occurs in Spain, where it is naturalized and known by the common names of "habanera" or "sandía habanera."[1]
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