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Cucumis melo

  • Annual Climber
Home Annual Climber Cucumis melo

A weed of cultivated fields in Turkey. Probably as an escape from gardens.

Family: Cucurbitaceae
Height: 1.5 m / 5 ft
Sun
Light, Medium and Heavy Soil
Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 4 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 2 of 5
Other Uses: 0 of 5

Native Habitat

Melon, Cantaloupe Cucumis melo native habitat is A weed of cultivated fields in Turkey. Probably as an escape from gardens.

Edible Uses

Fruit - raw. Very watery but with a delicate flavour, it is very refreshing. Rich in vitamins B and C. The flesh of the fruit can be dried, ground into a powder and used with cereals when making bread, biscuits etc. The size of the fruit varies widely between cultivars but is up to 10cm long and 7cm wide. Seed - raw. Rich in oil with a nutty flavour but very fiddly to use because the seed is small and covered with a fibrous coat. The seed contains between 12.5 - 39.1% oil. An edible oil is obtained from the seed.

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