Citron melon (méréville)

Citrullus amarus

fruit

A watermelon with firm white flesh, inedible raw, eaten only as jam, often with lemon or orange.

Origin

Southern Africa, grown in southern Europe

Where to find it

A few vegetable gardens in Provence and Languedoc still grow it; in the wild, it grows in the Kalahari, where it quenches the thirst of people and livestock.

Season (United States)

September to November

Preparation

It is not eaten raw: it is peeled, the seeds removed, the flesh diced and cooked slowly with sugar and lemon or orange, into jam.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

In South Africa, it is candied in translucent pieces, waatlemoenkonfyt.