Cucumis melo(CUMME)
Overview Last modification: 1996-10-28
- EPPO code: CUMME
- Preferred name: Cucumis melo
- Authority: Linnaeus
Origin not certain but probably native of Western Asia and eastern Africa. Cultivated worldwide as a fruit crop. Often naturalized in Euromediterranean region, and also throughout eastern Asia, Africa, America and Australia
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Melo sativus | Sageret |
| 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 |
| メロン | Japanese |
| meron | 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 |
| пъпеш | Bulgarian |
| melonera | Catalan |
| tián guā | Chinese |
| 甜瓜 | Chinese |
| dinja | Croatian |
| meloun cukrový | Czech |
| kharbooja | Hindi |
| खरबुजा | Hindi |
| boşar | Romanian |
| pepene galben | Romanian |
| melon cukrový | Slovak |
| диня посівна | Ukrainian |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Fabids (
1FABD )
Order
Cucurbitales (
1CUCO )
Family
Cucurbitaceae (
1CUCF )
Genus
Cucumis (
1CUMG )
Species
Cucumis melo (
CUMME )