Melon seed is the base ingredient for the recently popularized Egusi Soup. Cucumeropsis mannii is a species of melon native to tropical Africa west of the East African Rift, where it is grown for food and as a source of oil. Its common names include egusi in Yoruba ‘‘‘Egwusi’’’ in Igbo and agushi in Hausa. In English it is known as Mann’s cucumeropsis and white-seed melon. It is packed in 250 grams @ $15
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