Cucumis melo, L.
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Cucumis melo |
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1. C. melo L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 1011 (1753)
( C. dudaim L. , Melo dudaim (L.) Sageret , Melo sativus auch).
Annual. Stems up to 1 m, c. 10 mm in diameter, hispid. Leaves 8-15 x 8-15 cm, suborbicular or reniform, cordate, 5-angled or shallowly 3- to 7-lobed, denticulate, villous, angles or lobes rounded. Calyx-lobes subulate; corolla 20-30 mm; lobes acute. Fruit very variable in size, usually globose or ovoid, pubescent, often becoming glabrous. Widely cultivated in S. Europe for its edible fruit (melon). (Tropical Africa and Asia.)
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Cucumis melo
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981 |
C. melo
| L. 1753: 1011 |