Taxon:
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo
Summary
Verified:
02/06/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
- Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. URL: http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
- Kirkbride, J. H., Jr. 1993. Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) 81. Note: Parkway Publ., North Carolina
- 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). URL: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
- Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource). URL: http://www.botanicalbeads.com/
- 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). URL: http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
English
melon – German
Melone – Italian
melone – Japanese Rōmaji
meron – Swedish
melon – Transcribed Chinese
tian gua – Transcribed Korean
chamoe –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | widely natzd. |
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Naturalized
(widely natzd.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | fruit | | Kirkbride, J. H., Jr. 1993. Biosystematic monograph of the genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) 81. Note: Parkway Publ., North Carolina |
Materials | beads | | Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource). URL: http://www.botanicalbeads.com/ |
Medicines | folklore | as Cucumis melo | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
Medicines | folklore | as Cucumis melo | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |