Solanaceae
Pepino
Solanum muricatum
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
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Common names
By language (32)
- Arabic
- مغد خشن
- arz
- مغد خشن
- azb
- پپینو
- Azerbaijani
- Pepino
- Chinese
- 香瓜茄, 人参果, 香瓜梨, 香艳茄, 人參果, 香艳果, 香艳梨, 香艷果
- Czech
- Lilek pepino
- Dutch
- Pepino, Appelmeloen, Meloenpeer
- English
- Pepino
- Estonian
- Melon-maavits
- Finnish
- Pepino, Päärynämeloni
- French
- Pepino, Poire-melon
- gan
- 香瓜茄
- Georgian
- Პეპინო
- German
- Pepino, Birnenmelone, Melonenbirne
- Hebrew
- פפינו
- Hungarian
- Tojásdinnye
- Indonesian
- Pepino
- Japanese
- ペピーノ
- Javanese
- Pepino
- Kazakh
- Pepïno, Пепино, پەپىينو
- Lithuanian
- Ežinė kiauliauogė, Melioninė kriaušė
- mdf
- Пепино, Касфттама пепино
- Persian
- سولانوم ماریکاتوم
- Polish
- Psianka melonowa, Melon gruszkowaty, Pepino, Pepino dulce, Pepino gold, Psianka pepino
- Portuguese
- Melão-andino, Melão-de-árvore, Pepino doce
- Quechua
- Q'achan, Kachan, Pipinu
- Russian
- Пепино
- Serbian
- Pepino, Пепино
- Spanish
- Pepino dulce, Melon de pepino, Melón de pepino, Pera de melon, Pera de melón
- Swahili
- Mtango-tamu
- Swedish
- Pepino, Melonpäron
- Turkish
- Pepino
Synonyms
- Solanum glaberrimum Correll
- Solanum guatemalense hort.
- Solanum hebephorum Dunal
- Solanum longifolium Sessé & Moc.
- Solanum melaniferum Moric. ex Dunal
- Solanum muricatum f. glaberrimum Correll
- Solanum muricatum f. muricatum
- Solanum muricatum var. dissectum Dunal
- Solanum muricatum var. muricatum
- Solanum muricatum var. papillosistylum Bitter
- Solanum muricatum var. parvifolium Kunth
- Solanum muricatum var. popayanum Bitter
- Solanum muricatum var. praecedens Bitter
- Solanum muricatum var. protogenum Bitter
- Solanum muricatum var. teleutogenum Bitter
- Solanum pedunculatum Willd.
- Solanum saccianum Carrière & André
- Solanum saccianum Naudin
- Solanum scabrum Lam.
- Solanum variegatum Ruiz & Pav.
- Solanum wallisii Carrière
Flowers
- In flower
- February, November (from 9 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: fyodor, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Peter de Lange, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Peter de Lange, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Doyle, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Philipp Weigell, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philipp Weigell, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Bakker Paiva, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Philipp Weigell, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cheongweei Gan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Philipp Weigell, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.