Difference between revisions of "Muskmelon"

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| name = ''LATINNAME''   <!--- replace LATINNAME with the actual latin name -->
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| name = ''Cucumis melo''
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| common_names = Muskmelon
 
| growth_habit = ?  <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
 
| growth_habit = ?  <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
 
| high = ?  <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
 
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| color = IndianRed
 
| color = IndianRed
| image = Upload.png  <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
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| image = Muskmelon.jpg
 
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| image_width = 240px    <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
| image_caption =     <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->
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| image_caption = Muskmelon plant
| regnum = Plantae <!--- Kingdom -->
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| regnum = Plantae
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| divisio = Magnoliophyta
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
| ordo =   <!--- Order -->
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| ordo = Cucurbitales
| familia =   <!--- Family -->
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| familia = Cucurbitaceae
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| genus = Cucumis
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| 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.
 
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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<gallery>
 
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Image:Upload.png| photo 1
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Image:Melao.jpg|Melão - Melon (''Cucumis melo L'')
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
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Image:Cucumis_melo_1_(Piotr_Kuczynski).jpg| Cantaloupe
Image:Upload.png| photo 3
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Image:03-05-JPN202.jpg|Japanese melon intended as a high-priced gift.
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  

Latest revision as of 23:49, 17 August 2009


Muskmelon plant


Plant Characteristics
Origin: ?
Cultivation
Exposure: ?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
Water: ?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property.
Scientific Names

Cucurbitaceae >

Cucumis >

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Read about Muskmelon in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

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. CH


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