Melon Cantaloupe
Cucumis melo
About
Muskmelon (Cucumis melo) is a species of melon that has been developed into many cultivated varieties. These include smooth-skinned varieties such as honeydew, Crenshaw, and casaba, and different netted cultivars (cantaloupe, Persian melon, and Santa Claus or Christmas melon). The Armenian cucumber is also a variety of muskmelon, but its shape, taste, and culinary uses more closely resemble those of a cucumber. The large number of cultivars in this species approaches that found in wild cabbage,...
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
In the kitchen
The culinary uses of this species vary widely by cultivar. While many varieties are grown for their sweet flesh, the Armenian cucumber—which is actually a variety of this same species—has a shape, taste, and culinary application that closely resembles a traditional cucumber.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
Full detailsevery field on the record, to copy
- Name
- Melon Cantaloupe
- Slug
- melon-cantaloupe
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Cucumis
- Species
- melo
- Category
- Misc
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 45
Generated sections & citations
summaryinaturalist
fun_facts_kidsllm_gemini · confidence 0.90
- inaturalist (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucumis melo
- wikipedia (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucumis_melo
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- inaturalist (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucumis melo
- wikipedia (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucumis_melo
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- inaturalist (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucumis melo