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Acanthosicyos horridus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Acanthosicyos
Species:
A. horridus
Binomial name
Acanthosicyos horridus
Welw. ex Benth. & Hook.f.[1][2]
Acanthosicyos horridus (A) Citrullus lanatus (B)
by Ethel Dixie c.1925

Acanthosicyos horridus is an unusual melon that is endemic to the Namib desert. In English it is known as Nara, butter-nuts, or butterpips;[3] in one of the Khoisan languages it is locally called ǃnaras or ǃnara ("!" is pronounced with a click, somewhat like the "tsk" when English people are tutting, tsk-tsk).[3][4][5]

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