name: Muskmelon

flavor_db_name_variants: muskmelon

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Muskmelon

id: 64

name_scientific: Cucumis melo

description: Muskmelon (Cucumis melo) is a species of melon that has been developed into many cultivated varieties. These include smooth skinned varieties such as honeydew, crenshaw and casaba, and different netted cultivars (cantaloupe, Persian melon and Santa Claus or Christmas melon). The Armenian cucumber is also a variety of muskmelon, but its shape, taste, and culinary uses more closely resemble those of a cucumber. The large number of cultivars in this species approaches that found in wild cabbage, though morphological variation is not as extensive. It is a fruit of a type called pepo. Muskmelon is native to Persia, Anatolia, Armenia, and adjacent areas on the west and the east which is believed to be their center of origin and development, with a secondary center including the northwest provinces of India and Afghanistan. Although truly wild forms of C. melo have not been found, several related wild species have been noted in those regions.

itis_id: 22362

wikipedia_id: Muskmelon

picture_file_name: 64.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 130759

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:39:44.000Z

legacy_id: 68

food_group: Gourds

food_subgroup: Gourds

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:18.000Z

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

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 3656

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00064