EPPO Global Database

Cucumis melo(CUMME)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: CUMME
  • Preferred name: Cucumis melo
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Western Asia, India, Sri Lanka, Tchad to Somalia, East Africa, Angola to Mozambique, Australia (except Victoria, Tasmania). Cultivated worldwide as a fruit crop. Introduced in central Europe, Mediterranean region, Central Asia, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, China, Japan, Korea, Sénégal to Niger, Guinée to Zaïre, Canada (Ontario), USA (mainly southern), Central America, Caribbean, South America (northwest and central), New Guinea


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Melo sativus Sageret

Common names
Name Language
cantaloupe English
melon English
muskmelon English (US)
Honigmelone German
Melone German
Zuckermelone German
melon French
melón Spanish
meloncillo Spanish
melonera Spanish
melone Italian
pepone Italian
popone Italian
meloen Dutch
melão Portuguese
melão-de-cheiro Portuguese
melão-de-inverno Portuguese
meloa Portuguese
meloeiro Portuguese
melon Swedish
meron Japanese
メロン Japanese
дыня культурная Russian
дыня обыкновенная Russian
дыня посевная Russian
дыня столовая Russian
melon Danish
melon Norwegian
meloni Finnish
kavun Turkish
meelon Hebrew
מֶלוֹן Hebrew
melon Polish
ogórek melon Polish
sárgadinnye Hungarian
pjepër Albanian
bettikh Arabic
kharbuz Bengali
пъпеш Bulgarian
melonera Catalan
tián guā Chinese
甜瓜 Chinese
dinja  Croatian
meloun cukrový Czech
kharbooja Hindi
kharbuz Hindi
खरबुजा Hindi
참 외 Korean
cham oe Korean
melionai Lithuanian
boşar Romanian
pepene galben Romanian
melon cukrový Slovak
диня посівна Ukrainian