Solanum muricatum

Prono-Widayat H, Schreiner M, Huyskens-Keil S and Liidders, P. 2003. Effect of ripening stage and storage temperature on postharvest quality of pepino (Solanum muricatum Ait.). J Food Agric Environ 1 35— 41. 

Solanum muricatum (family Solanaceae) This is commonly known as melon pear and originated in Peru and has been introduced to the Mediterranian countries. New Zealand, Eastern Europe and Ethiopia. The fruits are eaten raw or used for preserves. 

Studies on the incorporation of exogenous 16 0 into the glycerolipids of expanding leaves have now been extended to pepino (Solanum muricatum), which like spinach contains about 50% procaryotic DGG, and to celery (Apium graveoleus), which contains about 75% procaryotic DGG. Uptake of the tracer from liquid paraffin was much slower from these leaves compared with spinach, even though all plants were grown in the same... 

Another economically important edible fruit is yielded by S. muricatum Ait., subgen. Solanum [syn. subgenus Potatoe (GJTon) D Arcy], sect. Basarthrum Brrx., conunon name Pepino/pepino dulce. The species is cultivated also out of the Americas (e.g.. New Zealand). It is not known in the wild, but originates undoubtedly in Andean countries (Nee 1999). Steroidal alkaloids are produced unequivocally by... 

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