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Cucumis melo
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Family:
CUCURBITACEAE
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Citation: Cucumis melo L., Sp. Pl. 1011. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 620. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 535(378). 1919; Chakrav., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 11: 30. 1982; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 153. 1995.
Cucumis melo L. var. cultis Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal. 46: 102. 1877.
Cucumis melo L. var. agrestis Naud., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 4, 11: 73. 1859.
Cucumis pubescens Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 614. 1805; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 535(378). 1919.
Cucumis callosus (Rottl.) Cogn. ex Cogn. & Harms., Pflanzenr., Cucurb.-Cucum. 129. 1924; Chakrav., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 11: 31. 1982; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 212. 1990.
Bryonia callosa Rottl. in Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Neue Schriften ser.4. 210. 1803.
Cucumis trigonus Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 722. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2:619.1879p.p.; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 535(378). 1919.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Melon, Vellaikai,
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Cucumber, Common cucumber
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Description:
Robust annuals; stems prostrate, hirsute, elongate, angular, ultimately somewhat terete and glabrous. Leaves alternate, 8-15 cm long and as much broad, 5-angular or moderately 3-7 lobed, lobes, obtuse, suborbicular, denticulate, base cordate, villous or subhirsute; petioles slender, robust, hispid, equal or longer than lamina. Male flowers fasciculate; peduncles slender, 0.5-3.0 cm long; calyx-tube narrow, campanulate, villous, 6-8 mm long; lobes subulate, erect or spreading; corolla ca. 2 cm long, lobes ovate-oblong, acute; staminal filaments very short; anthers 3-4 mm long, appendage of connective shorter than anthers; pistillode ca. 1 mm long. Female flowers: peduncles 1-2 cm long; ovary softly hairy, style 1-2 mm long, stigma connivent, ca 2 mm long. Fruits edible, polymorphous; seeds 10-12 x 5-7 mm, white, oblong, immarginate, apex obtuse, base subacute.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-September
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Widely cultivated
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
Yes
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Ayyappankovil, Walayar, Ariankavu, Ettapadappu
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