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