Melon

Cucumis melo

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USDA Hardiness zone	9-11 Learn more
Life cycle	Annual
Light requirement	Full sun
Water requirement	Moist
Soil type	Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)
Height	1.5
Layer	Herbs
Edible	true
Edible parts	Fruit, Seed
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
Family	Cucurbitaceae
Edible uses	Oil
Warning	Weed potential
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When to start indoors (weeks)	4
Days to harvest	70
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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