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'''Melon''' is a term used for various members of the Cucurbitaceae family with fleshy fruit. Melon can refer to either the [[plant]] or the [[fruit]], which is a [[Epigynous berry|false berry]]. Many different [[cultivars]] have been produced, particularly of [[muskmelons]]. The plant grows as a vine.
==Culinary vegetables==
*Genus ''Momordica'' [[Bitter melon]]
*Genus ''Benincasa'' [[Winter melon]]
==Culinary fruit==
*Genus ''Citrullus'' - [[Watermelon]]
*Genus ''Cucumis''
**''C. metuliferus'' - [[Horned melon]]
**[[muskmelon|''C. melo'']]
***''C. melo cantalupensis''. Skin that is rough and warty, not netted. [[cantaloupe|European Cantaloupe]] and Algerian melon.
***''C. melo inodorus''. Canary melon, Casaba, Kolkhoznitsa melon, [[Hami melon]], [[Honeydew (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]], , [[cantaloupe|North American "cantaloupe"]], [[Galia (melon)|Galia]], Ogen, Persian, Sharlyn melons.
*** Modern crossbred varieties, e.g. Crenshaw (Casaba X Persian), Crane (Japanese X N.A. cantaloupe)
==Oilseed sources==
*''[[Cucumeropsis mannii]]''
==See also==
*[[Melon baller]]
== 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.).
==Gallery==
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<gallery>
Image:Melao.jpg|Melão - Melon (''Cucumis melo L'')
Image:Cucumis_melo_1_(Piotr_Kuczynski).jpg|Melon
Image:Cucumis_melo_4_(Piotr_Kuczynski).jpg|Melon, seed plant
Image:kwatji.jpg|Melon seeds
Image:03-05-JPN202.jpg|Japanese melon intended as a high-priced gift
Image:Slices of Melon.jpg|Slices of melon on a plate
Image:Cantaloupes.jpg|North American "cantaloupes"
</gallery>
</center>
== External links ==
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* [http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/nexus/Cucumis_melo_nex.html Cucumis melo L.] – Purdue University, Center for New Crops & Plant Products.
* [http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Cucumis.html Sorting Cucumis names] – Multilingual multiscript plant name database
* [http://www.foodsubs.com/Fruitmel.html The Cook's Thesaurus: Melons] – List of photographed varieties of melons
* [http://www.deliciousorganics.com/recipes/melons.htm Welcome to Delicious Organics] – List of photographed varieties of Melons and Watermelons
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