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| name = ''Cucumis melo''
| common_names = Muskmelon
| growth_habit = ?   <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
| high = ?   <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
| wide =     <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
| origin = ?   <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
| poisonous =     <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
| lifespan =     <!--- perennial, annual, etc -->
| exposure = ?   <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
| water = ?   <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
| features =     <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
| hardiness =     <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5°C (40°F), etc -->
| bloom =     <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
| usda_zones = ?   <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
| sunset_zones =     <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
| color = IndianRed
| image = Muskmelon.jpg
| image_width = 240px    <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
| image_caption = Muskmelon plant
| regnum = Plantae
| divisio = Magnoliophyta
| classis = Magnoliopsida
| ordo = Cucurbitales
| familia = Cucurbitaceae
| genus = Cucumis
| species = melo
}}
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Cucumis Melo, Linn. Melon. Muskmelon. Figs. 1123, 1124. Long-running, hairy or villous annual: Lvs. large, soft-hairy, round-heart-shaped or reniform, sometimes rounded-lobed and more or less denticulate: male fls. clustered, the peduncle short: fr. very variable, pubescent or becoming glabrous. S. Asia and Trop. Afr.—Very variable, and widely cult.
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==Cultivation==
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==Species==
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==Gallery==
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<gallery>
Image:Melao.jpg|Melão - Melon (''Cucumis melo L'')
Image:Cucumis_melo_1_(Piotr_Kuczynski).jpg| Cantaloupe
Image:03-05-JPN202.jpg|Japanese melon intended as a high-priced gift.
</gallery>

==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->

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