- Family : CUCURBITACEAE
(Gourd Or Melon Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KHARBOOZA FAMILY (खरबूजा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Cucurbitaceae
- Synonym(s) : Cucumis melo var. momordica (Roxb.) Cogn.; Cucumis melo var. utilissimus (Roxb.) Duthie & Fuller
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : 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 :
- Karnataka : Mysuru district
- Kerala : Idukki district
- Odisha : Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- West Bengal : Burdwan, Darjeeling district, Jalpaiguri district, 24-Parganas
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
- Native : Afghanistan, Angola, Australia, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Lebanon-Syria, Malawi, Mozambique, New Guinea, Northern Provinces Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Afghanistan, Angola, Australia, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Lebanon-Syria, Malawi, Mozambique, New Guinea, Northern Provinces Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- 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
- Nayar, T. S., et al, 2006. Flowering plants of Kerala, A hand book
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cucumis melo var. melo. Downloaded on 8 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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