Plants · La Saladita, Guerrero

Muskmelon

Cucumis melo

Spanish: Melón

Muskmelon (Cucumis melo)
Photographed by daniel_brito on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

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,... Most often recorded in Aug, Jul, Dec, Jun.

TaxonomyMagnoliopsida › Cucurbitales › Cucurbitaceae
Local records5 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records9,028 on iNaturalist
Recorded here2018 – 2023
Months recorded near La Saladita
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Cite as: “Muskmelon (Cucumis melo) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/cucumis-melo/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.