Melon: Cucumis melo L.
The fruits of this species are eaten as a dessert and are not
normally cooked.
Melons : the tropics, subtropics and to a limited extent in parts
of the temperate regions, long warm summers.
Winter production in parts of Africa (e.g. the Sudan and
Kenya)
Melons : grown as protected crops in heated greenhouses in
northern Europe
There is a very wide diversity of fruit types and local selection
in different areas of the world has led to a large number of
cultivars.
Pursglove (1974) devided the cultivated melons into four
groups that include