PUBLISHED IN: Species Plantarum 2: 1011. 1753. Annotation: as “Melo.”
TYPE: Sweden. Plant cultivated at Uppsala (lectotype, designated Meeuse, 1962: LINN-1152.8).
ETYMOLOGY:
SYNONYMY: Cucumis flexuosus L., Species Plantarum, Editio Secunda 1437. 1763.
Cucumis picrocarpus F. Muell.
Cucumis trigonus Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 722. 1832.
INFRASPECIFIC TAXA: Cucumis melo fo. albus Makino, Botanical Magazine 20: 81. 1904. Annotation: under var. conomon
Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Greb., Kulturpflanze 2: 424. 1959. Basionym: Cucumis melo var. agrestis Naudin, Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, série 4 11: 73. 1859.
Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo in Zhukovsky, La Turquie Agricole 534. 1933.
Cucumis melo subsp. melo
Cucumis melo var. callosus
Cucumis melo var. conomon (Thunb.) Makino, Botanical Magazine 16: 16. 1902. Basionym: Cucumis conomon Thunb., Flora Japonica,… 362. 1784.
Cucumis melo var. cultus Kurz
Cucumis melo var. dudaim Naudin, Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, série 4, 11: 69. 1859.
Cucumis melo var. flexuosus Naudin
Cucumis melo var. inodorus Naudin
Cucumis melo var. reticulatus Naudin
Cucumis melo var. utilissimus
VERNACULAR NAME: melon
OTHER VERNACULAR NAMES:
In Cantaloupensis group (syn. Cucumis melo var. cantaloupensis):
cantaloupe
Arabic: cantaloupe
Chinese: ying pi tian gua
Danish: melon
Dutch: kanteloep, knobbelmeloen
French: cantaloup, melon cantaloup
German: Kantaloupe-melone, Rippen-melone
Italian: melone cantalupo
Japanese: kantarohpu
Malay: tembikai wangi
Portuguese: melão cantalupe
Spanish: melón cantaloupe
Tagalog: melon
In Chito group (syn. Cucumis melo var. chito):
mango melon, garden melon, lemon melon
Arabic: qitha
Chinese: mi gan tian gua
Dutch: mango meloen
French: melon mango
German: Mango-melone
Italian: melone mango
Japanese: shiro-uri
Portuguese: melão mango
Spanish: melón mango
Tagalog: melon
In Conomon group (syn. Cucumis melo var. conomon):
oriental pickling melon
Chinese: yue gua
Japanese: shiro-uri
Spanish: melón manzana, pepino limón
Tagalog: melon
In Flexuosus group (syn. Cucumis melo var. flexuosus):
Armonian cucumber, Japanese cucumber, snake melon, serpent melon
Arabic: khiar yapany, faqqous
Chinese: she tian gua
French: melon serpent, concombre serpent
German: Schangen-Melone
Portuguese: melão serpente
Spanish: melón serpiente
Tagalog: melon
In Inodorus group (syn. Cucumis melo var. inodorus):
honeydew, casaba, winter melon
Arabic: shahed
Chinese: song tian gua
French: melon, melon d'hiver
German: melone
Italian: melone
Japanese: wintaa melon
Malay: tembikai susu
Portuguese: melão
Spanish: melón
Tagalog: honeydew
In Reticulatus group (syn. Cucumis melo var. reticulatus):
muskmelon, Persian melon, netted melon
Arabic: faqqous
Chinese: wang wen tian gua
Danish: melon
Dutch: meloen
French: melon brodé, melon réticulé
German: zuckermelone, Netz-melone
Hindi: kharbuza
Italian: melone retado
Japanese: netto melon, makuwauri
Malay: tembikai wangi
Portuguese: melão, melão reticulado
Russian: dynja
Spanish: melón bordado
Tagalog: katimon, melon
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DESCRIPTION:
CHROMOSOME NUMBER: 2n = 24.
DISTRIBUTION: Cultivated in warmer regions world wide and in greenhouses.
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EDIBLE USE: A sweet-fleshed fruit or vegetable.
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