id: 52

name: Melon

flavor_bible_name_variants: melon,melon bitter,melon honeydew,melon muskmelons,melon watermelon,melons,watermelon

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status: draft

source: foodb,flavor_bible

food_db_name: Watermelon

flavor_db_name_variants: watermelon

name_scientific: Citrullus lanatus

description: Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus, family Cucurbitaceae) is a vine-like (scrambler and trailer) flowering plant originally from southern Africa. Its fruit, which is also called watermelon, is a special kind referred to by botanists as a pepo, a berry which has a thick rind and fleshy center (mesocarp and endocarp). Pepos are derived from an inferior ovary, and are characteristic of the Cucurbitaceae. The watermelon fruit, loosely considered a type of melon – although not in the genus Cucumis – has a smooth exterior rind (green, yellow and sometimes white) and a juicy, sweet interior flesh (usually deep red to pink, but sometimes orange, yellow and even green if not ripe).

itis_id: 22356

wikipedia_id: Watermelon

picture_file_name: 52.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 125818

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:40:24.000Z

legacy_id: 55

food_group: Gourds

food_subgroup: Gourds

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:17.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:15.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 3654

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00052