Tikiti melons

Tikiti melons are a type of edible plant native to the Pride Lands. They are used as a primary water source during the dry season.
==Physical attributes==
Tikiti melons are large and round, with dark green skin and pale green stripes. The flesh of a tikiti melon is bright magenta and quite juicy.
==Information==
===The Lion Guard===
===="The Ukumbusho Tradition"====
Makini uses tikiti melons for paint for the Ukumbusho Tradition.
===="The Bite of Kenge"====
The Lion Guard catches Janja and his minions, Cheezi and Chungu, attempting to steal a supply of tikiti melons from the elephants, who need the fruits' moisture to survive the dry season. They manage to fend off the hyenas and save most of the melons, but Kion decides to keep his team watching the melon patch to ensure that no more fruits are stolen.
Following his plan's failure, Scar sends Kenge the monitor lizard to help Janja's clan steal the melons. After paralyzing three members of the Lion Guard, Kenge leads the hyenas in rolling some tikiti melons out of their patch.
Just in time, Bunga and Ono arrive, with Bunga taking on Kenge while Ono stops the hyenas from stealing the melons. At first, the two seem to succeed in their endeavor, but then Kenge manages to bite Ono on the wing, paralyzing him and effectively removing him from the fight.
Bunga attacks Kenge, but is bitten himself, allowing Kenge and his hyena allies to escape with the melons. However, once the danger is over, Bunga realizes that he is immune to Kenge's venom.
Bunga and Makini follow Kenge and the hyenas to Embamba Canyon, where Bunga distracts the thieves while Makini steals their melons and hides them behind rocks. In his attempts to catch Bunga, Kenge accidentally bites Cheezi and Chungu, paralyzing them. He nearly bites Janja when a melon is thrown his way, and he turns his attention to Makini.
Just then, a fully healed Lion Guard approaches. Kion uses the Roar of the Elders to blast Kenge and the hyenas back to the Outlands, where the melons are out of their reach. Together, the Lion Guard and Makini roll the stolen melons back to the patch.
==Appearances==
* The Lion Guard
** "The Ukumbusho Tradition"
** "The Bite of Kenge"
==Trivia==
*"Tikiti" means "watermelon" in Swahili.
==References==
Category:Canon articles
Category:Culture
Category:Plants