Melon is a name given to various members of the plant family with fleshy fruit e.g gourds or cucurbits. Melon can be referred as a plant or a fruit. Many different
cultivars have been produced, particularly of
muskmelons. The plant grows as a
vine. Although the melon is a fruit, some varieties may be considered "
culinary vegetables". The word
melon derives from
Latin melopepo,
[1] which is the
latinisation of the
Greek μηλοπέπων (
mēlopepon), meaning "melon",
[2] itself a compound of μῆλον (
mēlon), "apple"
[3] + πέπων (
pepōn), amongst others "a kind of gourd or melon".
[4]
Contents- 1 Culinary vegetables
- 2 Culinary fruit
- 5 Gallery
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Culinary vegetables
Culinary fruit
- Genus Citrullus
- Genus Cucumis
- Cucumis metuliferus — Horned melon
- Cucumis melo — Muskmelon
- C. melo cantalupensis. Skin that is rough and warty, not netted. European cantaloupe and Algerian melon.
- C. melo inodorus. Canary melon, Casaba, Kolkhoznitsa melon, Hami melon, honeydew, Navajo Yellow, Piel de Sapo/Santa Claus, sugar melon, tigger (tiger) melon, and Japanese melons (including the Sprite melon).
- C. melo reticulatus, true muskmelons, with netted skin. Examples include Bailan melon, North American cantaloupe, Galia, Ogen, Persian, Sharlyn melons.
- Modern crossbred varieties, e.g. Crenshaw (Casaba × Persian), Crane (Japanese × N.A. cantaloupe)
Gallery
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Slices of melon on a plate
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North American "cantaloupes"
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Melon
Melon, seed plant
Melon seeds
Yubari Melon intended as a high-priced gift
Slices of melon on a plate
North American "cantaloupes"
Honeydew melon
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