Melon is a name given to various members of the Cucurbitaceae family with fleshy fruit. Melon can refer to either the plant or the fruit, which is a false berry. Many different cultivars have been produced, particularly of muskmelons. The plant grows as a vine. Although the melon is a fruit, some varieties may be considered "culinary vegetables".

Contents 1 Culinary vegetables 2 Culinary fruit 3 See also 4 References 5 Gallery 6 External links

[edit] Culinary vegetables

• Genus Momordica Bitter melon
• Genus Benincasa Winter melon

[edit] Culinary fruit

• Genus Citrullus - Watermelon
• Genus Cucumis
  • C. metuliferus - Horned melon
  • C. melo
    • C. melo cantalupensis. Skin that is rough and warty, not netted. European cantaloupe and Algerian melon.
    • C. melo inodorus. Canary melon, Casaba, Kolkhoznitsa melon, Hami melon, honeydew, Navajo Yellow, Piel de Sapo/Santa Claus, sugar melon, tigger (tiger) melon, and Japanese melons.
    • C. melo reticulatus, true muskmelons, with netted skin. Examples include Bailan melon, , North American cantaloupe, Galia, Ogen, Persian, Sharlyn melons.
    • Modern crossbred varieties, e.g. Crenshaw (Casaba X Persian), Crane (Japanese X N.A. cantaloupe)

[edit] See also

• Melon baller
• Squash

[edit] References

• Mabberley, D.J. 1987. The Plant Book. A portable dictionary of the higher plants. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 706 pp. ISBN 0-521-34060-8.
• Magness, J.R., G.M. Markle, C.C. Compton. 1971. Food and feed crops of the United States. Interregional Research Project IR-4, IR Bul. 1 (Bul. 828 New Jersey Agr. Expt. Sta.).

[edit] Gallery

Melon	Melon, seed plant	Melon seeds	Yubari Melon intended as a high-priced gift
Slices of melon on a plate	North American "cantaloupes"	Honeydew melon

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Cucumis melo

• Cucumis melo L. – Purdue University, Center for New Crops & Plant Products.
• Sorting Cucumis names – Multilingual multiscript plant name database
• The Cook's Thesaurus: Melons – List of photographed varieties of melons
• Growing Melons, Makings, Tips - A Grandfather’s Tenets – Melon Growing Guide at Agriculture Guide