Taxon: Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo

See also subordinate taxa:

• Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. cantalupo (17 accessions)
• Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. flexuosus (47 accessions)
• Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. inodorus (3 accessions)

See other conspecific taxa:

• Cucumis melo (104 accessions)
• Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis (145 accessions)
• Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis var. agrestis (no accessions)
• Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis var. chito (1 accessions)
• Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis var. conomon (3 accessions)
• Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis var. dudaim (no accessions)
• Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis var. momordica (no accessions)
• Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis var. texanus (45 accessions)

Common names:

• Armenian cucumber   (Source: Food Feed Crops US ) – English   [Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. flexuosus]
  
• cantaloupe   (Source: Cucurb.Gen.C. 14:43. [as C. melo var. cantalupensis]) – English   [Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. cantalupo]
  
• casaba melon   (Source: Hortus 3 [as C. melo Inodorus Group]) – English   [Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. inodorus]
  
• honeydew melon   (Source: Hortus 3 [as C. melo Inodorus Group]) – English   [Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. inodorus]
  
• melon   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• muskmelon   (Source: Cucurb.Gen.C. 14:43. [as C. melo var. cantalupensis]) – English   [Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. cantalupo]
  
• netted melon   (Source: Hortus 3 [as C. melo Reticulatus Group]) – English   [Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. cantalupo]
  
• nutmeg melon   (Source: Hortus 3 [as C. melo Reticulatus Group]) – English   [Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. cantalupo]
  
• Persian melon   (Source: Hortus 3 [as C. melo Reticulatus Group]) – English   [Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. cantalupo]
  
• serpent melon   (Source: Hortus 3 [as C. melo Flexuosus Group]) – English   [Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. flexuosus]
  
• snake melon   (Source: Cucurb.Gen.C. 14:44.) – English   [Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. flexuosus]
  
• winter melon   (Source: Cucurb.Gen.C. 14:44.) – English   [Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. inodorus]
  
• tian gua   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• rock melon   (Source: Econ Pl Aust [as C. melo var. cantalupensis]) – English (Australia)   [Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. cantalupo]
  
• mélon   (Source: Dict Rehm [as C. melo var. cantalupensis]) – French   [Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. cantalupo]
  
• armenische Melone   (Source: Zander Ency [as C. melo Flexuosus Group]) – German   [Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. flexuosus]
  
• Honig-Melone   (Source: Zander Ency [as C. melo Inodorus Group]) – German   [Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. inodorus]
  
• Kantalupe   (Source: Zander Ency [as C. melo Cantalupensis Group]) – German   [Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. cantalupo]
  
• Melone   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• Zuckermelone   (Source: Dict Rehm [as C. melo var. cantalupensis]) – German   [Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. cantalupo]
  
• melone   (Source: Mult Glossary Crops ) – Italian
  
• meron   (Source: F Japan ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• chamoe   (Source: Kulturpflanze 34:93.) – Transcribed Korean
  
• melão   (Source: Dict Rehm [as C. melo var. cantalupensis]) – Portuguese   [Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. cantalupo]
  
• melon   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Human food: fruit   (fide Monog Cucumis)
  
• Materials: beads   (fide Bot Beads World; as web document)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2, as C. melo; Herbs Commerce ed2, as C. melo)
  

Distributional range:

• widely naturalized

• widely cultivated

References:

• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca.
• Kirkbride, J. H., Jr. 1993. Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae).
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource).
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

Synonyms:

• (=) Bryonia collosa Rottler
  
• (=) Cucumis collosus (Rottler) Cogn.
  (previously associated with 18 accessions)
• Cucumis flexuosus L. [≡ Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. flexuosus]
  
• Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis Naudin [= Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. cantalupo]
  (previously associated with 20 accessions)
• Cucumis melo var. reticulatus Naudin [= Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. cantalupo]
  (previously associated with 4 accessions)
• (=) Cucumis trigonus Roxb.
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)

Check other web resources for Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo:

• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

More:

• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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