Mud Melon

Mud melons are a type of melon from the Cucurbiticeae family, from the planet Dave. Mud melons grow on the Aura Stone, where they grow partially buried in the mud-flats. These melons are incredibly sour, and can only be enjoyed by those with incredibly strong stomachs such as davites.

Anatomy

Mud melons have a thick exterior, typically a yellowish colour with thick pink leaves growing out and upwards. Mud melons are relatively thin with a tapered tip, thin greet roots growing like veins from the bottom. The roots are invisible when growing, yet they reach about a quarter of the way up the melon.

The flesh is jelly-like, containing hundreds of small seeds. These seeds are on average about 3 millimetres in diameter, and are connected with stringy flesh.

Morning Snacks

Many davites struggle to wake up fully in the mornings, especially those suffering from morning nerve recall. Mud melons contain large amounts of calcacin, a central nervous stimulant. Calcacin improves reaction time, spacial awareness, concentration and motor control, and is a widely consumed food for breakfast.

A single mud melon contains the maximum amount of calcacin an adult davite should ingest daily. Any more and bodily, particularly digestive, systems may halt, insomnia and entire bodily collapses may occur.

Natural Habitat

Mud melons only grow naturally on the Aura Stone, and there is no way for their seeds to migrate to another stone. They primarily grow in the mudflats, where they grow partially submerged by the mud. Mud melons grow in large clusters, one plant usually producing around twenty melons at any one time.

Mud melon's natural habitats are on the decline thanks to the accidental introduction of mud rays to the environment by davites. These animals sift through the mud and cause it to scatter into the atmosphere, destroying the natural mud flats. Davites have resorted to cultivating mud melons in artificial mud flats, protected from mud rays, in order to preserve this species.

Mud Melon by Mochi

Geographic Distribution

• Core Stones
• Dave

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