Cucumis melo L.

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Cucumis melo

Photo: Bart Wursten
At parkhome offices, Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.

Cucumis melo

Photo: Bart Wursten
At parkhome offices, Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.

Cucumis melo

Photo: Bart Wursten
At parkhome offices, Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.

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Status: Cultivated and occasionally naturalized.
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Zimbabwe distribution: N,S
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Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 11. As Cucumis melo agrestis

Jeffrey, C. (1978). Cucurbitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 468 - 469.

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 38.


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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cucumis melo
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cucumis melo
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Wikipedia: Cucumis melo


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Cucumis melo.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=157290, retrieved 29 March 2024

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