Cucumis melo
| Habit | herbaceous
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| Lifespan: | ⌛ | annual |
| Origin: | ✈ | NW India |
| Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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| Water: | ◍ | moderate |
| Features: | ✓ | edible, fruit |
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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 large number of cultivars in this species approaches that found in wild cabbage, though morphological variation is not as extensive. It is an accessory fruit of a type that botanists call an epigynous berry. Muskmelon is native to northwestern India.[1] The varied cultivars produced have been divided into multiple cultivar groups.
Cultivation
Propagation
Pests and diseases
Varieties
honeydew, crenshaw, casaba, cantaloupe, Persian melon, and Santa Claus or Christmas melon
See also
- Bailan melon
- Cantaloupe
- Cucumis
- Galia
- Hami Melon
- Honeydew
- Montreal melon
- Piel de Sapo
- Sugar melon
- Watermelon
Gallery
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- Melon casaba.jpg
References
- ↑ Seeds handbook: biology, production, processing and storage, 2nd edition}}
External links
- w:Cucumis melo. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
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