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You are bidding on about 30 KOREAN MELON SEEDS - (Cucumis melo L. var. makuwa) .
Other names: Yellow melon, Oriental melon; Yeoncheon, Dua Gan, Cha Mae, Chamoe
General Information: These melons are small, about the size of medium papaya and typically weighs slightly over 1 pound (0.45 kg). They taste like cantaloupe, but with firmer flesh. They are an elongated-oval fruit with a bright yellow and white smooth skin that is ribbed. The flesh is white, crispy and aromatic.
It requires good sunlight and rich, well-drained, friable, and moisture-retaining soil. It is drought tolerant, but requires sufficient water for optimal growth
Edible parts : Fruit - raw. Very watery but with a delicate flavour, it is very refreshing. Rich in vitamins B and C. The flesh of the fruit can be dried, ground into a powder and used with cereals when making bread, biscuits etc. The size of the fruit varies widely between cultivars but is up to 10cm long and 7cm wide. Seed - raw. Rich in oil with a nutty flavour but very fiddly to use because the seed is small and covered with a fibrous coat. The seed contains between 12.5 - 39.1% oil. An edible oil is obtained from the seed.
The seed is antitussive, digestive, febrifuge and vermifuge. When used as a vermifuge, the whole seed complete with the seed coat is ground into a fine flour, then made into an emulsion with water and eaten. It is then necessary to take a purge in order to expel the tapeworms or other parasites from the body. The root is diuretic and emetic.
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