Ice melons were a variety of melon cultivated on Hetzal Prime, an Outer Rim planet known as an agriworld, where they grew on terraces covered in vines. During 232 BBY, these melons were seasonal alongside two other fruits: kingberries and honeyfruit. In that year, Zeffren Ecka, who served as the minister of the Hetzal system, observed harvester droids gathering honeyfruit, kingberries, and ice melons from the window of his office, while also considering that another crop would become ripe within the following month.
The 2021 novel Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule featured ice melons; this novel was part of Phase I of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia initiative.