Cucumis melo L.

Spice Flower Fruit

Family: CUCURBITACEAE

Genus: Cucumis

Catalan common name: Meló. Meloner. Melonera.

Spanish common name: Melón. Melonera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Some regions

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated species. Cultivated specie and sometimes subespontaneous.

Characteristics: The melons are prostrate plants with leaves rounded or lobed and slightly dentate, with tendrils that emerge form the leaf axils. Flowers are yellow in colour.