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Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. cantalupo

Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo var. cantalupo Ser., Prodr. 3:300. 1828 (Syn: (=) Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis Naudin; (=) Cucumis melo var. reticulatus Naudin);
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Fruits & Vegetables Week: Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. cantapulensis:
Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. cantapulensis, with various cultivars sold in stores here in California

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Cucurbitaceae Week: Cucumis melo subsp. melo Group Cantapaulensis:
Cultivated melons come in a large range of forms, but are grouped into three main groups:

1. Group Cantapaulensis: Cantaloupes having variety of skin forms but with non-netted thick skin and yellowish-orange flesh with distinct aroma.
2. Group inodorous: Smooth thin skinned melons with white or greenish flesh without strong aroma.
3. Group reticulatus: distinctly netted skin and lighter coloured flesh
Some of the representatives of Cantaloupes are depicted here:

 

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Fruits & Vegetable week – Muskmelon (Cucumis melo):
Sending photo of musk melon which was growing in our balcony. The plant came up from the seeds thrown after eating the musk melon.

– Cucumis melo var. cantapulensis group reticulata

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Cucurbitaceae Week: Cucumis melo subsp. melo Reticulatus group:
Here are some melons from reticulatus group

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Sweet Melon For ID : Bangalore : 290114 : AK-32 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1).
This one is specially for you.
Inspired by your book ‘Know Your Vegetables’, I tried clicking a few fruits and vegetables.
This is from the market in Bangalore.
Found green lines near the stem.

I suppose this is typical Linnean species of Cucumis melo 
This fruit is sold in most of the markets of Bangalore, even in Mumbai in the name of  kharbooja
[…, I opined hoping other ‘guru’ may also answer 🙂 ]

Yes Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. cantalupo, the muskmelon

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Cucumis melo : Cucurbitaceae : Bangalore : 150914 : AK-12 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1).
Melon seen in Bangalore market in Nov,2013.
For correct Species please.

Section showing flesh should help but looks C. melo subsp. cantalupo, muskmelon (cantaloupe here in USA) if flesh is orange yellow

Thanks again. Sorry I don’t have a cross section of the fruit.

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Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. cantapulensis – efloraofindia | Google Groups: 6 images.
Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. cantapulensis, with various cultivars sold in stores here in California

Please read var. cantalupensis
Profusely flowering at my Son’s House in California, sprawling on ground
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Male flowers.
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Female Flower
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Young fruit seen today
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The fruits have now fully developed revealing true identity of this plant”
It is Cucumis melo var. reticulatus ‘Rock Melon’
Here is explanation from Wikipedia to earlier wrong ID
“While Europeans distinguish between true cantaloupes (smooth skin) and netted melons, Americans use the term “cantaloupe” to refer to the netted, orange-fleshed muskmelons. It is also sometimes referred to as a muskmelon.
In fact var, reticulatus (in Europe) and var. cantapulensis (in ISA) are used interchangeably and are synonyms of C. melo according to POWO.

 

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Updated on September 6, 2026

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