Cucumis melo var. melo L.

 
  • Family : CUCURBITACEAE
    (Gourd Or Melon Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KHARBOOZA FAMILY (खरबूजा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : CUCURBITACEAE
  • Synonym(s) : Cucumis trigonus Roxb.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cucumis melo L.
  • Common name : Melon, Cucumber, Common cucumber
  • Vernacular name : Bhakura, Bislambhi, Jangli indrayan, Kharbuj (Hindi); Kattuthummati, Sukkankaai (Tamil); Kharbujados, Putchakaya, Adavi Puchcha, Kodibudama (Telugu); Melon, Vellaikai (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Climber
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated
  • Flower, Fruit : May-December
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Idukki district
  • World Distribution : Indian subcontinent, Tropical Africa, Arabia
  • Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cucumis melo var. melo. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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