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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Cucumis melo var. cantalupo
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Canteloupe at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cucumis melo
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 177-02-001:
Cucumis melo FAMILY Cucurbitaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cucumis melo
COMMON NAME:
Canteloupe, Muskmelon
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Cucumis melo var. cantalupo
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cucumis melo
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 177-02-001:
Cucumis melo
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cucumis melo
4341
Herbaceous vine (with tendrils); Forb
Annual
Monoecious
Habitat: Gardens, fields, trash heaps, commonly cultivated in home gardens and commercially, sometimes volunteering from seed the following year, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Asia
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LEAVES:
Simple - palmately 3-5 lobed
Alternate
Petioles 2-15cm long, longer than the pedicels
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow
Unisexual
5-6 lobed calyx
5-6 lobed campanulate corolla
Inferior ovary
Flowers in axillary few-flowered fascicles
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Berry
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