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Cucumis melo

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Family Cucurbitaceae

Taxonomy: Cucumis melo L.

Synonyms: 19 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Cucumis acidus Jacq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cucumis chaete I.Telford (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cucumis chate Hasselq. ex L. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cucumis jucunda F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cucumis jucundus F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Cucumis melo L. var. melo (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Cucumis melo subsp. (Longreach I.R.Telford 11472) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cucumis melo subsp. (Manfred D.Davidson 47) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cucumis melo subsp. Longreach (I.R.Telford 11472) Qld Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cucumis melo subsp. Manfred (D.Davidson 47) Qld Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Greb. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cucumis melo var. agrestis Naudin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cucumis melo var. culta Kurz (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cucumis melo var. cultus Kurz (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cucumis pubescens T.Mitch. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cucumis pubescens Willd. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cucumis trigonus Roxb. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, SA eFlora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (24), ATRP_2020 (3), Crowley_2007 (4), Dong_2017 (8), Draper_2023 (3), Kew_2019_1 (11), Kew_2019_2 (1), Kew_2019_4 (4), Kew_2019_6 (12), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (16), NTH_2014 (5), NTH_2022 (5), NTH_2023 (19), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (18), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (8), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (36), Wright_2000 (4), eFLOWER_2021 (17). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 76 traits from 219 records in 27 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 33.33 mm (20-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 30 mm (20-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 30 mm (20-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): green (4); yellow (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 58.75 mm (20-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 55 mm (30-80 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 5.06 cm (1.5-8 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 109.49 g/m2 (109.49-109.49 g/m2) [sources: Dong_2017]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); hastate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_dentate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_division (categorical): palmately_lobed (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (2); climber_herbaceous (3); herb (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (3); prostrate (5) [sources: ATRP_2020; NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: Dong_2017; White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (2); endozoochory (3); epizoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (2); mammals (2); vertebrates (1); water (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nyyyyyyyynnn (1); nyyyyyyyyynn (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (2) [sources: NTH_2014; WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Crowley_2007]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 13.53 mg/g (13.53-13.53 mg/g) [sources: Dong_2017]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -29.09 {delta}[ppth] (-29.09--29.09 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Dong_2017]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 18.61 mg (3.14-90.9 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 5.68 mm (3.1-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.75 mm (2.3-3.2 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); ellipsoid_flattened (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201836M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_20231624Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_20231419D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
SAH_20231418S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
eFLOWER_20211617J. Schönenberger, M. Balthazar, A. L. Martinez, B. Albert, C. Prieu, S. Magallon, and H. Sauquet. “Phylogenetic analysis of fossil flowers using an angiosperm-wide data set: proof-of-concept and challenges ahead”. American Journal of Botany 107.10 (2020), pp. 1433-1448. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1538.
NHNSW_20231216N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Kew_2019_6112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_1111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Dong_201788N. Dong, I. C. Prentice, B. J. Evans, S. Caddy-Retalic, A. J. Lowe, and I. J. Wright. “Leaf nitrogen from first principles: field evidence for adaptive variation with climate”. Biogeosciences 14.2 (2017), pp. 481-495. doi: 10.5194/bg-14-481-2017.
WAH_2022_248Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
NTH_201445Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online.
NTH_202255D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Crowley_200724G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Kew_2019_414Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Oil content data from Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
SAH_202244S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200644A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
Wright_200044I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ATRP_202033F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
Draper_202333J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
NHNSW_202233N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_211Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.