Melon

Cucumis melo

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Growth conditions
USDA Hardiness zone	9-11 Learn more
Light requirement	Full sun
Water requirement	Moist
Soil type	Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)
Physical characteristics
Height	1.5
Cultivation details
Life cycle	Annual
Layer	Herbs
Days to harvest	70
When to start indoors (weeks)	4
Uses
Edible	true
Edible parts	Fruit, Seed
Edible uses	Oil
Warning	Weed potential
Names
Alternate name	Cantaloupe, armenian cucumber, dudaim melon, cantalope, queen anne's melon, muskmelon, snake cucumber, akobokobo, akolil, atimon, blewah, bluwak, budamakaya, chiratu, chukkangai, itimon, kaachri, kachri, karitu, kayimbe, kharbuja, kharbujadosa, kharmuj, kothimdu, luwinbe, madhupaka, milon, mpombe, mulampazham, musk-melon, putzakova, sane, semangka londo, syrian cucumber, taena-thai, teeng laay, thumattikai, trasak srow
Taxonomy
Family	Cucurbitaceae
Origin and spread
Native to	Afghanistan, Angola, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Lebanon-Syria, Malawi, Mozambique, New South Wales, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Queensland, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Introduced into	Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Andaman Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Burkina, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Connecticut, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Finland, Florida, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Illinois, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kirgizstan, Korea, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Louisiana, Madeira, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Manchuria, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Morocco, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Nevada, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, Norway, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Portugal, Rhode I., Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., South Carolina, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Tadzhikistan, Texas, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Virginia, Wake I., West Virginia, Windward Is., Xinjiang, Zaïre
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