Melon
belonging to the family of Cucurbitaceae . The melon plant produces a usually sweet and edible, fleshy fruit. The term "melon" is used for the plant, but [...] but also to identify the fruit. Botanically speaking, the melon (the fruit) is actually a berry, or more specifically even, a "pepo". Nowadays many different [...] cultivars are being produced on a commercial scale, especially muskmelons. The most common species of melon are: Watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus