Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1011. 1753
Verified:
02/06/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
melon – German
Melone –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Chad | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Eritrea | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Benin | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Côte D'Ivoire | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Niger | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Seychelles | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Oman | Al Batinah North | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Saudi Arabia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Korea | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iran | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Maldives | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Papua New Guinea | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Solomon Islands | | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | United States | Guam | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Samoa | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Tonga | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | cult. worldwide |
| 4 | Naturalized | | | | | widely natzd. in tropics |
| 6 | Other | | | | | exact native range obscure |
Native
Africa
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Tanzania, Uganda
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Senegal
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Seychelles
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Oman [Al Batinah North], Saudi Arabia, Yemen
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WESTERN ASIA:
Iran
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CHINA:
China
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EASTERN ASIA:
Korea, Japan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan
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PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
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INDO-CHINA:
Myanmar, Thailand
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Philippines
Australasia
Pacific
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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
United States [Guam]
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Tonga, Samoa
Cultivated
(cult. worldwide)
Naturalized
(widely natzd. in tropics)
Other
(exact native range obscure)
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=404410.
Accessed 10 May 2025.