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Cucumis melo L.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Cucumis L. (キュウリ)
Meron (メロン, 甜瓜/甘瓜), (cantaloupe) melon

The Chinese letters are not commonly used nowadays

Lifeform: annual vine (cultigen)
Origin: in central and southern Asia (no wild type)

introduced to Japan in Nara Era (var. makuwa)

Fruit: berry
Use: fruit
var. agrestis Naud. (ザッソウメロン)
var. makuwa Makino (マクワウリ)
var. utilissimus (Roxb.) Duthie et Fuller (ツケウリ)

cv. albus (シロウリ)

索引

Cucumis melo in a supermarket


ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] at the Road Station of Nakasatunai on June 23 2026.

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