Melon

Melon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Cucurbitales Family: Cucurbitaceae

Melon is a term used for various members of the Cucurbitaceae family with fleshy fruit. Melon can refer to either the plant or the fruit, which is a false berry. Many different cultivars have been produced, particularly of muskmelons. The plant grows as a vine.

Culinary vegetables

• Genus Momordica Bitter melon
• Genus Benincasa Winter melon

Culinary fruit

• Genus Citrullus Watermelon, Little Yellow, Crimson, Icebox, Sugar Baby, Yellow, Ecstasy, Sangria,
• Genus Cucumis
  • C. metuliferus Horned melon
  • C. melo
    • Cantalupensis group. Skin that is rough and warty, not netted. European Cantaloup
    • Inodorus group. Canary melon, Casaba, Hami melon, Honeydew, Navajo Yellow, Piel de Sapo, Santa Claus, Sugar melon
    • Reticulatus Group. Netted skin. Ambrosia melon, Bailan melon, North American "cantaloupe", Galia, Ogen , Persian, Sharlyn Melons
    • Modern hybrids. Crenshaw (Casaba X Persian), Crane (Japanese X N.A. cantaloupe)

See also

• Melon baller

References

• Mabberley, D.J. 1987. The Plant Book. A portable dictionary of the higher plants. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 706 pp. ISBN 0-521-34060-8.
• Magness, J.R., G.M. Markle, C.C. Compton. 1971. Food and feed crops of the United States. Interregional Research Project IR-4, IR Bul. 1 (Bul. 828 New Jersey Agr. Expt. Sta.).

Footnotes

Gallery

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Japanese melon intended as a high-priced gift

External links

• Cucumis melo L. – Purdue University, Center for New Crops & Plant Products.
• Sorting Cucumis names – Multilingual multiscript plant name database
• The Cook's Thesaurus: Melons – List of photographed varieties of melons
• Welcome to Delicious Organics – List of photographed varieties of Melons and Watermelons