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<span><i>Vulgaris</i> group</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Vulgaris_group-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Varieties_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Varieties_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>Varieties</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Varieties_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Variety_improvement" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Variety_improvement"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.5</span> <span>Variety improvement</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Variety_improvement-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Uses" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Uses"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Uses</span> </div> </a> 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href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%89%A0%E1%8C%A2%E1%88%95" title="በጢሕ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="በጢሕ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ab mw-list-item"><a href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BF%D1%8B%D0%B6%D3%99" title="Акарпыжә – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="Акарпыжә" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%AE_%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%B1" title="بطيخ أحمر – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بطيخ أحمر" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citrullus_lanatus" title="Citrullus lanatus – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Citrullus lanatus" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%81%D5%B4%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AF" title="Ձմերուկ – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Ձմերուկ" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-rup mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-rup.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himunicu" title="Himunicu – Aromanian" lang="rup" hreflang="rup" data-title="Himunicu" data-language-autonym="Armãneashti" data-language-local-name="Aromanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Armãneashti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citrullus_lanatus" title="Citrullus lanatus – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Citrullus lanatus" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand%C3%ADa" title="Sandía – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Sandía" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adi_qarp%C4%B1z" title="Adi qarpız – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Adi qarpız" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B2" title="عادی قارپیز – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="عادی قارپیز" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumangka" title="Sumangka – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Sumangka" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9C" title="তরমুজ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="তরমুজ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumangka" title="Sumangka – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="Sumangka" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si-koe" title="Si-koe – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Si-koe" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-map-bms mw-list-item"><a href="https://map-bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semangka" title="Semangka – Banyumasan" lang="jv-x-bms" hreflang="jv-x-bms" data-title="Semangka" data-language-autonym="Basa Banyumasan" data-language-local-name="Banyumasan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Banyumasan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%A0%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%B7" title="Ҡарбуз – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Ҡарбуз" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%83%D0%BD_%D0%B7%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%8B" title="Кавун звычайны – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Кавун звычайны" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%83%D0%BD" title="Кавун – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Кавун" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakwan" title="Pakwan – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Pakwan" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bi mw-list-item"><a href="https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon" title="Watermelon – Bislama" lang="bi" hreflang="bi" data-title="Watermelon" data-language-autonym="Bislama" data-language-local-name="Bislama" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bislama</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8F" title="Обикновена диня – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Обикновена диня" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%86%E0%BD%B4%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%80%E0%BD%B4%E0%BD%96%E0%BC%8D" title="ཆུ་ཀུབ། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="ཆུ་ཀུབ།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubenica" title="Lubenica – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Lubenica" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bxr mw-list-item"><a href="https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81" title="Тарбас – Russia Buriat" lang="bxr" hreflang="bxr" data-title="Тарбас" data-language-autonym="Буряад" data-language-local-name="Russia Buriat" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Буряад</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindriera" title="Sindriera – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Sindriera" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%B7" title="Арбуз – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Арбуз" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citrullus_lanatus" title="Citrullus lanatus – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Citrullus lanatus" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubenice_obecn%C3%A1" title="Lubenice obecná – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Lubenice obecná" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nwiwa" title="Nwiwa – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Nwiwa" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patecca" title="Patecca – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Patecca" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melon_d%C5%B5r" title="Melon dŵr – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Melon dŵr" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandmelon" title="Vandmelon – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Vandmelon" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8C%C3%A1hcemelovdna" title="Čáhcemelovdna – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Čáhcemelovdna" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pdc mw-list-item"><a href="https://pdc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassmeloon" title="Wassmeloon – Pennsylvania German" lang="pdc" hreflang="pdc" data-title="Wassmeloon" data-language-autonym="Deitsch" data-language-local-name="Pennsylvania German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deitsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassermelone" title="Wassermelone – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wassermelone" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%86%DE%A6%DE%83%DE%A7" title="ކަރާ – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="ކަރާ" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nv mw-list-item"><a href="https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%CA%BC%C3%A9%C3%A9hjiy%C3%A1%C3%A1n" title="Chʼééhjiyáán – Navajo" lang="nv" hreflang="nv" data-title="Chʼééhjiyáán" data-language-autonym="Diné bizaad" data-language-local-name="Navajo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Diné bizaad</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbuus" title="Arbuus – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Arbuus" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%B6%CE%B9" title="Καρπούζι – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Καρπούζι" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ang%C3%BCria" title="Angüria – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="Angüria" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citrullus_lanatus" title="Citrullus lanatus – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Citrullus lanatus" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akvomelono" title="Akvomelono – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Akvomelono" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citrullus_lanatus" title="Citrullus lanatus – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Citrullus lanatus" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angurri" title="Angurri – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Angurri" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87" title="هندوانه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="هندوانه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Past%C3%A8que" title="Pastèque – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Pastèque" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mealbhac%C3%A1n_uisce" title="Mealbhacán uisce – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Mealbhacán uisce" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellyn_ushtey" title="Mellyn ushtey – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Mellyn ushtey" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand%C3%ADa" title="Sandía – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Sandía" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%A4%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%AC%E0%AB%82%E0%AA%9A" title="તરબૂચ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="તરબૂચ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gom mw-list-item"><a href="https://gom.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B3%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97" title="काळींग – Goan Konkani" lang="gom" hreflang="gom" data-title="काळींग" data-language-autonym="गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni" data-language-local-name="Goan Konkani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xal mw-list-item"><a href="https://xal.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B2%D1%81" title="Тарвс – Kalmyk" lang="xal" hreflang="xal" data-title="Тарвс" data-language-autonym="Хальмг" data-language-local-name="Kalmyk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Хальмг</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%88%98%EB%B0%95" title="수박 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="수박" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%81%D5%B4%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AF" title="Ձմերուկ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ձմերուկ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC" title="तरबूज़ – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="तरबूज़" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%B3dna_melona" title="Wódna melona – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Wódna melona" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubenica" title="Lubenica – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Lubenica" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semangka" title="Semangka – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Semangka" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%8B%D0%B7" title="Харбыз – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Харбыз" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citrullus_lanatus" title="Citrullus lanatus – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Citrullus lanatus" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%91%D7%98%D7%99%D7%97" title="אבטיח – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אבטיח" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semangka" title="Semangka – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Semangka" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp mw-list-item"><a href="https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pas%C9%A9t%C9%9Bk%C9%A9" title="Pasɩtɛkɩ – Kabiye" lang="kbp" hreflang="kbp" data-title="Pasɩtɛkɩ" data-language-autonym="Kabɩyɛ" data-language-local-name="Kabiye" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kabɩyɛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%BF" title="ಕಲ್ಲಂಗಡಿ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಕಲ್ಲಂಗಡಿ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%81%DB%8C%D9%9A%D9%86%D9%9B%D8%AF_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%9B%D8%AF" title="ہیٚنٛد وینٛد – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="ہیٚنٛد وینٛد" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>कॉशुर / کٲشُر</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zw%C3%ABczajny_kaw%C3%B3n" title="Zwëczajny kawón – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="Zwëczajny kawón" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikitimaji" title="Tikitimaji – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Tikitimaji" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melon_dlo" title="Melon dlo – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Melon dlo" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebe%C5%9F" title="Zebeş – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Zebeş" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%8B%D0%B7" title="Дарбыз – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Дарбыз" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%B7" title="Арбуз – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Арбуз" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karpuz" title="Karpuz – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Karpuz" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lbe mw-list-item"><a href="https://lbe.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B7" title="Къалпуз – Lak" lang="lbe" hreflang="lbe" data-title="Къалпуз" data-language-autonym="Лакку" data-language-local-name="Lak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лакку</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citrullus_lanatus" title="Citrullus lanatus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Citrullus lanatus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arb%C5%ABzs" title="Arbūzs – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Arbūzs" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waassermeloun" title="Waassermeloun – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Waassermeloun" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikrasis_arb%C5%ABzas" title="Tikrasis arbūzas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Tikrasis arbūzas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pateca" title="Pateca – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Pateca" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lg mw-list-item"><a href="https://lg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sekazzi" title="Sekazzi – Ganda" lang="lg" hreflang="lg" data-title="Sekazzi" data-language-autonym="Luganda" data-language-local-name="Ganda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Luganda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6r%C3%B6gdinnye" title="Görögdinnye – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Görögdinnye" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0" title="Лубеница – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Лубеница" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voajabo" title="Voajabo – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Voajabo" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%BB" title="തണ്ണിമത്തൻ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="തണ്ണിമത്തൻ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%9C" title="टरबूज – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="टरबूज" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tembikai" title="Tembikai – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Tembikai" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimangko" title="Cimangko – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Cimangko" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C4%83%CC%A4-gu%C4%83" title="Să̤-guă – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Să̤-guă" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mwl mw-list-item"><a href="https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel%C3%B3ncia" title="Melóncia – Mirandese" lang="mwl" hreflang="mwl" data-title="Melóncia" data-language-autonym="Mirandés" data-language-local-name="Mirandese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Mirandés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%81" title="Тарвас – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Тарвас" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%96%E1%80%9B%E1%80%B2%E1%80%95%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA" title="ဖရဲပင် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဖရဲပင်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermeloen" title="Watermeloen – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Watermeloen" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE" title="खरबुजा – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="खरबुजा" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AB" title="スイカ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="スイカ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellone_russo" title="Mellone russo – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="Mellone russo" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weedermeloon" title="Weedermeloon – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Weedermeloon" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vannmelon" title="Vannmelon – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Vannmelon" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassmelon" title="Vassmelon – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Vassmelon" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%A4%E0%AC%B0%E0%AC%AD%E0%AD%81%E0%AC%9C" title="ତରଭୁଜ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ତରଭୁଜ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habaabii" title="Habaabii – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="Habaabii" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A3%E0%A8%BE" title="ਹਦਵਾਣਾ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਹਦਵਾਣਾ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%81%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%DD%A8%D8%A7" title="ہدواݨا – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ہدواݨا" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%BC%D9%87" title="هندواڼه – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="هندواڼه" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%AA%E1%9E%A1%E1%9E%B9%E1%9E%80" title="ឪឡឹក – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="ឪឡឹក" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbuz_zwyczajny" title="Arbuz zwyczajny – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Arbuz zwyczajny" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melancia" title="Melancia – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Melancia" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C7%B4arb%C4%B1z" title="Ǵarbız – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Ǵarbız" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qarp%C4%B1z" title="Qarpız – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Qarpız" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepene_verde" title="Pepene verde – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Pepene verde" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%B7" title="Арбуз – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Арбуз" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D" title="कलिङ्गफलम् – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="कलिङ्गफलम्" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sg mw-list-item"><a href="https://sg.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%AA" title="Kê – Sango" lang="sg" hreflang="sg" data-title="Kê" data-language-autonym="Sängö" data-language-local-name="Sango" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sängö</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%B5%E1%B1%A9%E1%B1%A1%E1%B1%BD" title="ᱛᱚᱨᱵᱩᱡᱽ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱛᱚᱨᱵᱩᱡᱽ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%ACndria" title="Sìndria – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Sìndria" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citrullus_lanatus" title="Citrullus lanatus – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Citrullus lanatus" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalqiri" title="Shalqiri – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Shalqiri" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muluni_d%27acqua" title="Muluni d'acqua – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Muluni d'acqua" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%9C%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%94" title="කොමඩු – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="කොමඩු" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon" title="Watermelon – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Watermelon" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%BE%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%BB%D9%88" title="ھنداڻو – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="ھنداڻو" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dy%C5%88a_%C4%8Derven%C3%A1" title="Dyňa červená – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Dyňa červená" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubenica" title="Lubenica – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Lubenica" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qare" title="Qare – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Qare" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%88%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="شووتی – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="شووتی" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0" title="Лубеница – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Лубеница" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubenica" title="Lubenica – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Lubenica" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samangka" title="Samangka – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Samangka" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesimeloni" title="Vesimeloni – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Vesimeloni" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vattenmelon" title="Vattenmelon – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Vattenmelon" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakwan" title="Pakwan – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Pakwan" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%BF" title="தர்ப்பூசணி – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="தர்ப்பூசணி" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%8B%D0%B7" title="Карбыз – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Карбыз" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tay mw-list-item"><a href="https://tay.wikipedia.org/wiki/bahat" title="bahat – Atayal" lang="tay" hreflang="tay" data-title="bahat" data-language-autonym="Tayal" data-language-local-name="Atayal" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tayal</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%9A%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A" title="పుచ్చ – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="పుచ్చ" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A1" title="แตงโม – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="แตงโม" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-to mw-list-item"><a href="https://to.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meleni" title="Meleni – Tongan" lang="to" hreflang="to" data-title="Meleni" data-language-autonym="Lea faka-Tonga" 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/></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 88%"><b>Watermelon cross section</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; min-width:15em; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(180,250,180)"><a href="/wiki/Taxonomy_(biology)" title="Taxonomy (biology)">Scientific classification</a> <span class="plainlinks taxobox-edit-taxonomy skin-invert" style="font-size:smaller; float:right; padding-right:0.4em; margin-left:-3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Template:Taxonomy/Citrullus" title="Edit this classification"><img alt="Edit this classification" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/23px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png 1.5x, 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title="Citrullus"><i>Citrullus</i></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Species: </td> <td><div style="display:inline" class="species"><i><b>C. lanatus</b></i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(180,250,180)"><a href="/wiki/Binomial_nomenclature" title="Binomial nomenclature">Binomial name</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><b><span class="binomial"><span style="font-weight:normal;"></span><i>Citrullus lanatus</i></span></b><br /><div style="font-size: 85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Carl_Peter_Thunberg" title="Carl Peter Thunberg">Thunb</a>.) <a href="/wiki/Jinz%C5%8D_Matsumura" title="Jinzō Matsumura">Matsum.</a> & <a href="/wiki/Takenoshin_Nakai" title="Takenoshin Nakai">Nakai</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(180,250,180)"><a href="/wiki/Synonym_(taxonomy)" title="Synonym (taxonomy)">Synonyms</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: left"> <div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist" style="margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em;"> <ul><li><i>Anguria citrullus</i> <small>Mill.</small></li> <li><i>Citrullus afrorum</i> <small>Schrad.</small></li> <li><i>Citrullus anguria</i> <small>(Duchesne) H.Hara</small></li> <li><i>Citrullus aquosus</i> <small>Schur</small></li> <li><i>Citrullus battich</i> <small>Forssk.</small></li> <li><i>Citrullus chodospermus</i> <small>Falc. & Dunal</small></li> <li><i>Citrullus citrullus</i> <small>(L.) H.Karst.</small></li> <li><i>Citrullus edulis</i> <small>Spach</small></li> <li><i>Citrullus mucosospermus</i> <small>(Fursa) Fursa</small></li> <li><i>Citrullus pasteca</i> <small>Sageret</small></li> <li><i>Citrullus vulgaris</i> <small>Schrad.</small></li> <li><i>Colocynthis amarissima</i> <small>Schrad.</small> nom. inval.</li> <li><i>Colocynthis amarissima</i> <small>Schltdl.</small></li> <li><i>Colocynthis citrullus</i> <small>(L.) Kuntze</small></li> <li><i>Cucumis amarissimus</i> <small>Schrad.</small></li> <li><i>Cucumis citrullus</i> <small>(L.) Ser.</small></li> <li><i>Cucumis dissectus</i> <small>Decne.</small></li> <li><i>Cucumis laciniosus</i> <small>Eckl. ex Steud.</small></li> <li><i>Cucumis vulgaris</i> <small>(Schrad.) E.H.L.Krause</small></li> <li><i>Cucurbita anguria</i> <small>Duchesne</small></li> <li><i>Cucurbita afra</i> <small>Eckl. & Zeyh.</small></li> <li><i>Cucurbita citrullus</i> <small>L.</small></li> <li><i>Cucurbita gigantea</i> <small>Salisb.</small></li> <li><i>Cucurbita pinnatifida</i> <small>Schrank</small></li> <li><i>Momordica lanata</i> <small>Thunb.</small></li></ul> </div> </li></ul> </div> </td></tr> </tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Citrullus_lanatus_var._citroides.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Citrullus_lanatus_var._citroides.JPG/250px-Citrullus_lanatus_var._citroides.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="209" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Citrullus_lanatus_var._citroides.JPG/330px-Citrullus_lanatus_var._citroides.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Citrullus_lanatus_var._citroides.JPG/500px-Citrullus_lanatus_var._citroides.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1077" data-file-height="1023" /></a><figcaption>A <i><a href="/wiki/Citron_melon" title="Citron melon">tsamma</a></i> in the <a href="/wiki/Kalahari_Desert" title="Kalahari Desert">Kalahari Desert</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Citrullus_lanatus_afghan_melon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Citrullus_lanatus_afghan_melon.jpg/220px-Citrullus_lanatus_afghan_melon.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Citrullus_lanatus_afghan_melon.jpg/330px-Citrullus_lanatus_afghan_melon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Citrullus_lanatus_afghan_melon.jpg/440px-Citrullus_lanatus_afghan_melon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4060" data-file-height="1952" /></a><figcaption>Naturalized in Australia</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Watermelon</b> (<i>Citrullus lanatus</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Flowering_plant" title="Flowering plant">flowering plant</a> species of the <a href="/wiki/Cucurbitaceae" title="Cucurbitaceae">Cucurbitaceae</a> family and the name of its <a href="/wiki/Edible_fruit" class="mw-redirect" title="Edible fruit">edible fruit</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_botanical_terms#scandent" title="Glossary of botanical terms">scrambling and trailing</a> <a href="/wiki/Vine" title="Vine">vine</a>-like plant, it is a <a href="/wiki/Plant_breeding" title="Plant breeding">highly cultivated</a> fruit worldwide, with more than 1,000 <a href="/wiki/Variety_(botany)" title="Variety (botany)">varieties</a>. </p><p>Watermelon is grown in favorable <a href="/wiki/Climate" title="Climate">climates</a> from <a href="/wiki/Tropics" title="Tropics">tropical</a> to <a href="/wiki/Temperate_climate" title="Temperate climate">temperate</a> regions worldwide for its large edible <a href="/wiki/Fruit" title="Fruit">fruit</a>, which is a <a href="/wiki/Berry_(botany)" title="Berry (botany)">berry</a> with a hard rind and no internal divisions, and is <a href="/wiki/Botany" title="Botany">botanically</a> called a <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_botanical_terms#pepo" title="Glossary of botanical terms"><i>pepo</i></a>. The sweet, juicy flesh is usually deep red to pink, with many black seeds, although <a href="/wiki/Seedless_fruit" title="Seedless fruit">seedless</a> varieties exist. The fruit can be eaten raw or <a href="/wiki/Pickled" class="mw-redirect" title="Pickled">pickled</a>, and the rind is edible after cooking. It may also be consumed as a juice or an ingredient in mixed beverages. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kordofan" title="Kordofan">Kordofan</a> melons from <a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudan</a> are the closest relatives and may be <a href="/wiki/Progenitor" title="Progenitor">progenitors</a> of modern, cultivated watermelons.<sup id="cite_ref-renner21_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-renner21-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wild watermelon seeds were found in <a href="/wiki/Uan_Muhuggiag" title="Uan Muhuggiag">Uan Muhuggiag</a>, a prehistoric site in <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a> that dates to approximately 3500 BC.<sup id="cite_ref-VegHist_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VegHist-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022, a study was released that traced 6,000-year-old watermelon seeds found in the Libyan desert to the Egusi seeds of <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a>, West Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Watermelons were domesticated in north-east <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> and cultivated in <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> by 2000 BC, although they were not the sweet modern variety. Sweet dessert watermelons spread across the Mediterranean world during <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Roman times</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Paris_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paris-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Considerable <a href="/wiki/Plant_breeding" title="Plant breeding">breeding</a> effort has developed disease-resistant varieties. Many <a href="/wiki/Cultivar" title="Cultivar">cultivars</a> are available that produce mature fruit within 100 days of planting. In 2017, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> produced about two-thirds of the world's total of watermelons.<sup id="cite_ref-fao21_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fao21-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Watermelon" title="Special:EditPage/Watermelon">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The watermelon is an <a href="/wiki/Annual_plant" title="Annual plant">annual</a> that has a prostrate or climbing habit. Stems are up to 3 metres (10 feet) long and new growth has yellow or brown hairs. Leaves are <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style>60 to 200 millimetres (<span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> to <span class="frac">7<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> inches) long and <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" />40 to 150 mm (<span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> to 6 in) wide. These usually have three lobes that are lobed or doubly lobed. Young growth is densely woolly with yellowish-brown hairs which disappear as the plant ages. Like all but one species in the genus <i>Citrullus</i>, watermelon has branching <a href="/wiki/Tendril" title="Tendril">tendrils</a>. Plants have unisexual male or female flowers that are white or yellow and borne on <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" />40-millimetre-long (<span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in) hairy stalks. Each flower grows singly in the leaf axils, and the species' <a href="/wiki/Sexual_system" title="Sexual system">sexual system</a>, with male and female flowers produced on each plant, is <a href="/wiki/Monoecious" class="mw-redirect" title="Monoecious">monoecious</a>. The male flowers predominate at the beginning of the season; the female flowers, which develop later, have inferior ovaries. The <a href="/wiki/Style_(botany)" title="Style (botany)">styles</a> are united into a single column.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The large fruit is a kind of modified berry called a <i>pepo</i> with a thick <a href="/wiki/Peel_(fruit)" title="Peel (fruit)">rind</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pericarp" class="mw-redirect" title="Pericarp">exocarp</a>) and fleshy center (<a href="/wiki/Mesocarp" class="mw-redirect" title="Mesocarp">mesocarp</a> and endocarp).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wild plants have fruits up to 20 cm (8 in) in diameter, while cultivated varieties may exceed 60 cm (24 in). The rind of the fruit is mid- to dark green and usually mottled or striped, and the flesh, containing numerous <a href="/wiki/Seed" title="Seed">pips</a> spread throughout the inside, can be red or pink (most commonly), orange, yellow, green or white.<sup id="cite_ref-Maynard_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maynard-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SANBI_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SANBI-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A bitter watermelon, <i><a href="/wiki/Citron_melon" title="Citron melon">C. amarus</a></i>, has become <a href="/wiki/Naturalisation_(biology)" title="Naturalisation (biology)">naturalized</a> in semiarid regions of several continents, and is designated as a "pest plant" in parts of <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a> where they are called "pig melon".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Taxonomy">Taxonomy</h2></div> <p>The sweet watermelon was first described by <a href="/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus" title="Carl Linnaeus">Carl Linnaeus</a> in 1753 and given the name <i>Cucurbita citrullus</i>. It was reassigned to the genus <i>Citrullus</i> in 1836, under the <a href="/wiki/Replacement_name" class="mw-redirect" title="Replacement name">replacement name</a> <i>Citrullus vulgaris</i>, by the German botanist <a href="/wiki/Heinrich_Adolf_Schrader" class="mw-redirect" title="Heinrich Adolf Schrader">Heinrich Adolf Schrader</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-IPNI_291943-1_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IPNI_291943-1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (The <a href="/wiki/International_Code_of_Nomenclature_for_algae,_fungi,_and_plants" title="International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants">International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants</a> does not allow names like "<i>Citrullus citrullus</i>".)<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The species is further divided into several varieties, of which bitter wooly melon (<i>Citrullus lanatus</i> (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. <i>lanatus</i>), <a href="/wiki/Citron_melon" title="Citron melon">citron melons</a> (<i>Citrullus lanatus</i> var. <i>citroides</i> (L. H. Bailey) Mansf.), and the edible var. <i>vulgaris</i> may be the most important. This taxonomy originated with the erroneous synonymization of the wooly melon <i>Citrullus lanatus</i> with the sweet watermelon <i>Citrullus vulgaris</i> by <a href="/wiki/Liberty_Hyde_Bailey" title="Liberty Hyde Bailey">L.H. Bailey</a> in 1930.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Molecular data, including sequences from the original collection of Thunberg and other relevant type material, show that the sweet watermelon (<i>Citrullus vulgaris</i> Schrad.) and the bitter wooly melon <i>Citrullus lanatus</i> (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai are not closely related to each other.<sup id="cite_ref-Chomicki_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chomicki-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A proposal to conserve the name, <i>Citrullus lanatus</i> (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai, was accepted by the <a href="/wiki/International_Code_of_Nomenclature_for_algae,_fungi,_and_plants" title="International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants">nomenclature</a> committee and confirmed at the <a href="/wiki/International_Botanical_Congress" title="International Botanical Congress">International Botanical Congress</a> in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-Renner14_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Renner14-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prior to 2015, the wild species closest to <i>Citrullus lanatus</i> was assumed to be the tendril-less melon <i><a href="/wiki/Citrullus_ecirrhosus" title="Citrullus ecirrhosus">Citrullus ecirrhosus</a></i> Cogn. from South African arid regions based on an erroneously identified 18th-century specimen. However, after phylogenetic analysis, the closest relative to <i>Citrullus lanatus</i> is now thought to be <i>Citrullus mucosospermus</i> (Fursa) from West Africa (from Senegal to Nigeria), which is also sometimes considered a subspecies within <i>C. lanatus</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Watermelon populations from Sudan are also close to domesticated watermelons.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bitter wooly melon was formally described by <a href="/wiki/Carl_Peter_Thunberg" title="Carl Peter Thunberg">Carl Peter Thunberg</a> in 1794 and given the name <i>Momordica lanata</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-APNI1_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-APNI1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was reassigned to the genus <i><a href="/wiki/Citrullus" title="Citrullus">Citrullus</a></i> in 1916 by Japanese botanists <a href="/wiki/Jinz%C5%8D_Matsumura" title="Jinzō Matsumura">Jinzō Matsumura</a> and <a href="/wiki/Takenoshin_Nakai" title="Takenoshin Nakai">Takenoshin Nakai</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-APNI2_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-APNI2-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Albert_Eckhout_1610-1666_Brazilian_fruits.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Albert_Eckhout_1610-1666_Brazilian_fruits.jpg/220px-Albert_Eckhout_1610-1666_Brazilian_fruits.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Albert_Eckhout_1610-1666_Brazilian_fruits.jpg/330px-Albert_Eckhout_1610-1666_Brazilian_fruits.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Albert_Eckhout_1610-1666_Brazilian_fruits.jpg/440px-Albert_Eckhout_1610-1666_Brazilian_fruits.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1821" /></a><figcaption><i>Still Life with Watermelons, Pineapple and Other Fruit</i> by <a href="/wiki/Albert_Eckhout" title="Albert Eckhout">Albert Eckhout</a>, a Dutch painter active in 17th-century Brazil</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leiden_University_Library_-_Seikei_Zusetsu_vol._27,_page_018_-_%E8%A5%BF%E7%93%9C_-_Citrullus_lanatus_(Thunb.)_Matsum._%26_Nakai_-_Cucurbita_maxima_Duchesne,_1804.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Leiden_University_Library_-_Seikei_Zusetsu_vol._27%2C_page_018_-_%E8%A5%BF%E7%93%9C_-_Citrullus_lanatus_%28Thunb.%29_Matsum._%26_Nakai_-_Cucurbita_maxima_Duchesne%2C_1804.jpg/220px-Leiden_University_Library_-_Seikei_Zusetsu_vol._27%2C_page_018_-_%E8%A5%BF%E7%93%9C_-_Citrullus_lanatus_%28Thunb.%29_Matsum._%26_Nakai_-_Cucurbita_maxima_Duchesne%2C_1804.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Leiden_University_Library_-_Seikei_Zusetsu_vol._27%2C_page_018_-_%E8%A5%BF%E7%93%9C_-_Citrullus_lanatus_%28Thunb.%29_Matsum._%26_Nakai_-_Cucurbita_maxima_Duchesne%2C_1804.jpg/330px-Leiden_University_Library_-_Seikei_Zusetsu_vol._27%2C_page_018_-_%E8%A5%BF%E7%93%9C_-_Citrullus_lanatus_%28Thunb.%29_Matsum._%26_Nakai_-_Cucurbita_maxima_Duchesne%2C_1804.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Leiden_University_Library_-_Seikei_Zusetsu_vol._27%2C_page_018_-_%E8%A5%BF%E7%93%9C_-_Citrullus_lanatus_%28Thunb.%29_Matsum._%26_Nakai_-_Cucurbita_maxima_Duchesne%2C_1804.jpg/440px-Leiden_University_Library_-_Seikei_Zusetsu_vol._27%2C_page_018_-_%E8%A5%BF%E7%93%9C_-_Citrullus_lanatus_%28Thunb.%29_Matsum._%26_Nakai_-_Cucurbita_maxima_Duchesne%2C_1804.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="468" /></a><figcaption>Illustration from the Japanese agricultural encyclopedia <a href="/wiki/Seikei_Zusetsu" title="Seikei Zusetsu">Seikei Zusetsu</a> (1804)</figcaption></figure> <p>Watermelons were originally cultivated for their high water content and stored to be eaten during dry seasons, as a source of both food and water.<sup id="cite_ref-Strauss-2015_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Strauss-2015-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Watermelon seeds were found in the <a href="/wiki/Dead_Sea" title="Dead Sea">Dead Sea</a> region at the ancient settlements of <a href="/wiki/Bab_edh-Dhra" title="Bab edh-Dhra">Bab edh-Dhra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tel_Arad" title="Tel Arad">Tel Arad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many 5000-year-old wild watermelon seeds (<i>C. lanatus</i>) were discovered at <a href="/wiki/Uan_Muhuggiag" title="Uan Muhuggiag">Uan Muhuggiag</a>, a prehistoric archaeological site located in southwestern <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a>. This archaeobotanical discovery may support the possibility that the plant was more widely distributed in the past.<sup id="cite_ref-VegHist_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VegHist-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Strauss-2015_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Strauss-2015-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/7th_century" title="7th century">7th century</a>, watermelons were being cultivated in India, and by the 10th century had reached China. The <a href="/wiki/Moors" title="Moors">Moors</a> introduced the fruit into the <a href="/wiki/Iberian_Peninsula" title="Iberian Peninsula">Iberian Peninsula</a>, and there is evidence of it being cultivated in <a href="/wiki/C%C3%B3rdoba,_Spain" title="Córdoba, Spain">Córdoba</a> in 961 and also in <a href="/wiki/Seville" title="Seville">Seville</a> in 1158. It spread northwards through <a href="/wiki/Southern_Europe" title="Southern Europe">southern Europe</a>, perhaps limited in its advance by summer temperatures being insufficient for good yields. The fruit had begun appearing in European <a href="/wiki/Herbal" title="Herbal">herbals</a> by 1600, and was widely planted in Europe in the 17th century as a minor garden crop.<sup id="cite_ref-Maynard_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maynard-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Early watermelons were not sweet, but bitter, with yellowish-white flesh. They were also difficult to open. The modern watermelon, which tastes sweeter and is easier to open, was developed over time through <a href="/wiki/Selective_breeding" title="Selective breeding">selective breeding</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>European colonists introduced the watermelon to the <a href="/wiki/New_World" title="New World">New World</a>. <a href="/wiki/Spanish_colonization_of_the_Americas" title="Spanish colonization of the Americas">Spanish settlers</a> were growing it in Florida in 1576. It was being grown in Massachusetts by 1629, and by 1650 was being cultivated in <a href="/wiki/Viceroyalty_of_Peru" title="Viceroyalty of Peru">Peru</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colonial_Brazil" title="Colonial Brazil">Brazil</a> and <a href="/wiki/History_of_Panama" title="History of Panama">Panama</a>. Around the same time, <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native Americans</a> were cultivating the crop in the Mississippi valley and <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>. Watermelons were rapidly accepted in <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Pacific_islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific islands">Pacific islands</a> when they were introduced there by explorers such as <a href="/wiki/James_Cook" title="James Cook">Captain James Cook</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Maynard_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maynard-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War era</a> United States, watermelons were commonly grown by free <a href="/wiki/Black_people" title="Black people">black people</a> and became one symbol for the abolition of slavery.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the Civil War, black people were maligned for their association with watermelon. The sentiment evolved into a racist <a href="/wiki/Watermelon_stereotype" title="Watermelon stereotype">stereotype</a> where black people shared a supposed voracious appetite for watermelon, a fruit long associated with laziness and uncleanliness.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Seedless watermelons were initially developed in 1939 by Japanese scientists who were able to create seedless <a href="/wiki/Polyploid" class="mw-redirect" title="Polyploid">triploid</a> <a href="/wiki/Hybrid_(biology)" title="Hybrid (biology)">hybrids</a> which remained rare initially because they did not have sufficient <a href="/wiki/Disease_resistance" title="Disease resistance">disease resistance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Seedless watermelons became more popular in the 21st century, rising to nearly 85% of total watermelon sales in the United States in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Systematics">Systematics</h2></div> <p>A melon from the <a href="/wiki/Kordofan" title="Kordofan">Kordofan</a> region of <a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudan</a> – the <i>kordofan melon</i> – may be the <a href="/wiki/Progenitor" title="Progenitor">progenitor</a> of the modern, domesticated watermelon.<sup id="cite_ref-renner21_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-renner21-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The kordofan melon shares with the domestic watermelon loss of the bitterness gene while maintaining a sweet taste, unlike other wild African varieties from other regions, indicating a common origin, possibly cultivated in the Nile Valley by 2340 BC.<sup id="cite_ref-renner21_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-renner21-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Composition">Composition</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nutrition">Nutrition</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Watermelon_seed_oil" title="Watermelon seed oil">Watermelon seed oil</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox nowrap"><caption class="infobox-title" style="white-space:normal; padding-bottom:0.15em;">Watermelon flesh, raw</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Food_energy" title="Food energy">Energy</a></th><td class="infobox-data">127 kJ (30 kcal)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;font-weight:normal;padding-right:0.25em;"><div style="position:relative;left:-0.65em;"><b><a href="/wiki/Carbohydrate" title="Carbohydrate">Carbohydrates</a></b></div></th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;"><div style="position:relative;left:-0.65em;">7.55 g</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;font-weight:normal;padding-right:0.25em;"><a href="/wiki/Sugar" title="Sugar">Sugars</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;">6.2 g</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;font-weight:normal;padding-right:0.25em;"><a href="/wiki/Dietary_fiber" title="Dietary fiber">Dietary fiber</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;">0.4 g</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;font-weight:normal;padding-right:0.25em;"><div style="position:relative;left:-0.65em;"><b><a href="/wiki/Fat" title="Fat">Fat</a></b></div></th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;"><div style="position:relative;left:-0.65em;">0.15 g</div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;font-weight:normal;padding-right:0.25em;"><div style="position:relative;left:-0.65em;"><b><a href="/wiki/Protein_(nutrient)" title="Protein (nutrient)">Protein</a></b></div></th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;"><div style="position:relative;left:-0.65em;">0.61 g</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="; ; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="line-height:normal; padding:0.2em; ;"><div style="text-align: center; padding: 0 0.4em; margin: 0 3.3em">Vitamins and minerals</div></th> </tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;font-weight:normal;padding-right:0.25em;"><b style="margin-left:-0.65em"><a href="/wiki/Vitamin" title="Vitamin">Vitamins</a></b></th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;"><b>Quantity</b> <div style="float: right;"><abbr title="Percentage of Daily Value"><b>%DV</b></abbr><sup>†</sup></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;font-weight:normal;padding-right:0.25em;"><a href="/wiki/Vitamin_A" title="Vitamin A">Vitamin A equiv.</a><div style="padding-left:0.65em;padding-top:0.25em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Beta-Carotene" class="mw-redirect" title="Beta-Carotene">beta-Carotene</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;"><div style="float: right;">3%</div> 28 μg<div style="padding-left:0.65em;padding-top:0.25em;"><div style="float: right;">3%</div>303 μg</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;font-weight:normal;padding-right:0.25em;"><a href="/wiki/Thiamine" title="Thiamine">Thiamine (B<span style="position: relative; top: 0.35em;">1</span>)</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;"><div style="float: right;">3%</div> 0.033 mg</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;font-weight:normal;padding-right:0.25em;"><a href="/wiki/Riboflavin" title="Riboflavin">Riboflavin (B<span style="position: relative; top: 0.35em;">2</span>)</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;"><div style="float: right;">2%</div> 0.021 mg</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;font-weight:normal;padding-right:0.25em;"><a href="/wiki/Niacin_(nutrient)" class="mw-redirect" title="Niacin (nutrient)">Niacin (B<span style="position: relative; top: 0.35em;">3</span>)</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;"><div style="float: right;">1%</div> 0.178 mg</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;font-weight:normal;padding-right:0.25em;"><a href="/wiki/Pantothenic_acid" title="Pantothenic acid">Pantothenic acid (B<span style="position: relative; top: 0.35em;">5</span>)</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;"><div style="float: right;">4%</div> 0.221 mg</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;font-weight:normal;padding-right:0.25em;"><a href="/wiki/Vitamin_B6" title="Vitamin B6">Vitamin B<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;">6</span></a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;"><div style="float: right;">3%</div> 0.045 mg</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;font-weight:normal;padding-right:0.25em;"><a href="/wiki/Choline" title="Choline">Choline</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;"><div style="float: right;">1%</div> 4.1 mg</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;font-weight:normal;padding-right:0.25em;"><a href="/wiki/Vitamin_C" title="Vitamin C">Vitamin C</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;"><div style="float: right;">9%</div> 8.1 mg</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;font-weight:normal;padding-right:0.25em;"><b style="margin-left:-0.65em"><a href="/wiki/Mineral_(nutrient)" title="Mineral (nutrient)">Minerals</a></b></th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;"><b>Quantity</b> <div style="float: right;"><abbr title="Percentage of Daily Value"><b>%DV</b></abbr><sup>†</sup></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;font-weight:normal;padding-right:0.25em;"><a href="/wiki/Calcium_in_biology#Humans" title="Calcium in biology">Calcium</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;"><div style="float: right;">1%</div> 7 mg</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;font-weight:normal;padding-right:0.25em;"><a href="/wiki/Human_iron_metabolism" title="Human iron metabolism">Iron</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;"><div style="float: right;">1%</div> 0.24 mg</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;font-weight:normal;padding-right:0.25em;"><a href="/wiki/Magnesium_in_biology" title="Magnesium in biology">Magnesium</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;"><div style="float: right;">2%</div> 10 mg</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;font-weight:normal;padding-right:0.25em;"><a href="/wiki/Manganese#Human_health_and_nutrition" title="Manganese">Manganese</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;"><div style="float: right;">2%</div> 0.038 mg</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;font-weight:normal;padding-right:0.25em;"><a href="/wiki/Phosphorus#Biological_role" title="Phosphorus">Phosphorus</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;"><div style="float: right;">1%</div> 11 mg</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;font-weight:normal;padding-right:0.25em;"><a href="/wiki/Potassium_in_biology" title="Potassium in biology">Potassium</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;"><div style="float: right;">4%</div> 112 mg</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;font-weight:normal;padding-right:0.25em;"><a href="/wiki/Sodium_in_biology" title="Sodium in biology">Sodium</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;"><div style="float: right;">0%</div> 1 mg</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;font-weight:normal;padding-right:0.25em;"><a href="/wiki/Zinc#Biological_role" title="Zinc">Zinc</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;"><div style="float: right;">1%</div> 0.1 mg</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;font-weight:normal;padding-right:0.25em;"><b style="margin-left:-0.65em">Other constituents</b></th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;"><b>Quantity</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;font-weight:normal;padding-right:0.25em;">Water</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;">91.45 g</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;font-weight:normal;padding-right:0.25em;"><a href="/wiki/Lycopene" title="Lycopene">Lycopene</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:0.65em;line-height:1.1em;">4532 μg</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><div class="wrap" style="padding:0.3em;line-height:1.2em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/167765/nutrients">Link to USDA Database entry</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below wrap" style="background:#e0e0e0;padding:0.3em;line-height:1.5em;font-weight:normal;font-size:0.9em"><sup>†</sup>Percentages estimated using <a href="/wiki/Reference_Daily_Intake#Daily_Values" title="Reference Daily Intake">US recommendations</a> for adults,<sup id="cite_ref-FDADailyValues_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FDADailyValues-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> except for potassium, which is estimated based on expert recommendation from <a href="/wiki/National_Academies_of_Sciences,_Engineering,_and_Medicine" title="National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine">the National Academies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NationalAcademiesPotassium_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NationalAcademiesPotassium-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Watermelon fruit is 91% <a href="/wiki/Water" title="Water">water</a>, contains 6% sugars, and is low in <a href="/wiki/Fat" title="Fat">fat</a> (table).<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" />100-gram (<span class="frac">3<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>-ounce) serving, watermelon fruit supplies 125 kilojoules (30 kilocalories) of food energy and low amounts of <a href="/wiki/Essential_nutrients" class="mw-redirect" title="Essential nutrients">essential nutrients</a> (see table). Only <a href="/wiki/Vitamin_C" title="Vitamin C">vitamin C</a> is present in appreciable content at 10% of the <a href="/wiki/Daily_Value" class="mw-redirect" title="Daily Value">Daily Value</a> (table). Watermelon pulp contains <a href="/wiki/Carotenoids" class="mw-redirect" title="Carotenoids">carotenoids</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Lycopene" title="Lycopene">lycopene</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Amino_acid" title="Amino acid">amino acid</a> <a href="/wiki/Citrulline" title="Citrulline">citrulline</a> is produced in watermelon <a href="/wiki/Peel_(fruit)" title="Peel (fruit)">rind</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Varieties">Varieties</h2></div> <p>A number of cultivar groups have been identified:<sup id="cite_ref-MMPND_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MMPND-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citroides_group"><i>Citroides</i> group</h3></div> <p>(syn. <i>C. lanatus</i> subsp. <i>lanatus</i> var. <i>citroides</i>; <i>C. lanatus</i> var. <i>citroides</i>; <i>C. vulgaris</i> var. <i>citroides</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-MMPND_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MMPND-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>DNA data reveal that <i>C. lanatus</i> var. <i>citroides</i> Bailey is the same as Thunberg's bitter wooly melon, <i>C. lanatus</i> and also the same as <i>C. amarus</i> Schrad. It is not a form of the sweet watermelon <i>C. vulgaris</i> nor closely related to that species. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Citron_melon" title="Citron melon">citron melon</a> or <i>makataan</i> – a variety with sweet yellow flesh that is cultivated around the world for fodder and the production of citron peel and <a href="/wiki/Pectin" title="Pectin">pectin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-plantzafrica_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plantzafrica-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lanatus_group"><i>Lanatus</i> group</h3></div> <p>(syn. <i>C. lanatus</i> var. <i>caffer</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-MMPND_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MMPND-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>C. caffer</i> Schrad. is a synonym of <i>C. amarus</i> Schrad. </p><p>The variety known as <i>tsamma</i> is grown for its juicy white flesh. The variety was an important food source for travellers in the <a href="/wiki/Kalahari_Desert" title="Kalahari Desert">Kalahari Desert</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-plantzafrica_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plantzafrica-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another variety known as <i>karkoer</i> or <i>bitterboela</i> is unpalatable to humans, but the seeds may be eaten.<sup id="cite_ref-plantzafrica_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plantzafrica-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A small-fruited form with a bumpy skin has caused poisoning in sheep.<sup id="cite_ref-plantzafrica_34-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plantzafrica-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vulgaris_group"><i>Vulgaris</i> group</h3></div> <p>This is Linnaeus's sweet watermelon; it has been grown for human consumption for thousands of years.<sup id="cite_ref-plantzafrica_34-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plantzafrica-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i>C. lanatus</i> <i>mucosospermus</i> (Fursa) Fursa</li></ul> <p>This West African species is the closest wild relative of the watermelon. It is cultivated for cattle feed.<sup id="cite_ref-plantzafrica_34-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plantzafrica-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Additionally, other wild species have bitter fruit containing <a href="/wiki/Cucurbitacin" title="Cucurbitacin">cucurbitacin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-kew_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kew-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>C. colocynthis</i> (L.) Schrad. ex Eckl. & Zeyh., <i>C. rehmii</i> De Winter, and <i>C. naudinianus</i> (Sond.) Hook.f. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Varieties_2">Varieties</h3></div> <p>The more than 1,200<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Cultivar" title="Cultivar">cultivars</a> of watermelon range in weight from less than <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" />1 kilogram (<span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> pounds) to more than 90 kg (200 lb); the flesh can be red, pink, orange, yellow or white.<sup id="cite_ref-WSU_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSU-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The 'Carolina Cross' produced the current world record for heaviest watermelon, weighing 159 kg (351 lb).<sup id="cite_ref-weight_record_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weight_record-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has green skin, red flesh and commonly produces fruit between 29 and 68 kg (65 and 150 lb). It takes about 90 days from planting to harvest.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The 'Golden Midget' has a golden rind and pink flesh when ripe, and takes 70 days from planting to harvest.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The 'Orangeglo' has a very sweet orange flesh, and is a large, oblong fruit weighing 9–14 kg (20–31 lb). It has a light green rind with jagged dark green stripes. It takes about 90–100 days from planting to harvest.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The 'Moon and Stars' variety was created in 1926.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rind is purple/black and has many small yellow circles (stars) and one or two large yellow circles (moon). The melon weighs 9–23 kg (20–51 lb).<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The flesh is pink or red and has brown seeds. The foliage is also spotted. The time from planting to harvest is about 90 days.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The 'Cream of Saskatchewan' has small, round fruits about 25 cm (10 in) in diameter. It has a thin, light and dark green striped rind, and sweet white flesh with black seeds. It can grow well in cool climates. It was originally brought to <a href="/wiki/Saskatchewan" title="Saskatchewan">Saskatchewan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, by <a href="/wiki/Russian_Canadians" title="Russian Canadians">Russian immigrants</a>. The melon takes 80–85 days from planting to harvest.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The '<a href="/wiki/Melitopol" title="Melitopol">Melitopolski</a>' has small, round fruits roughly 28–30 cm (11–12 in) in diameter. It is an early ripening variety that originated from the <a href="/wiki/Astrakhan_Oblast" title="Astrakhan Oblast">Astrakhan</a> region of <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, an area known for cultivation of watermelons. The Melitopolski watermelons are seen piled high by vendors in <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a> in the summer. This variety takes around 95 days from planting to harvest.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The 'Densuke' watermelon has round fruit up to 11 kg (24 lb). The rind is black with no stripes or spots. It is grown only on the island of Hokkaido, Japan, where up to 10,000 watermelons are produced every year. In June 2008, one of the first harvested watermelons was sold at an auction for 650,000 yen (US$6,300), making it the most expensive watermelon ever sold. The average selling price is generally around 25,000 yen ($250).<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Many cultivars are no longer grown commercially because of their thick rind, but seeds may be available among home gardeners and specialty seed companies. This thick rind is desirable for making watermelon pickles, and some old cultivars favoured for this purpose include 'Tom Watson', 'Georgia Rattlesnake', and 'Black Diamond'.<sup id="cite_ref-Wehner2008_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wehner2008-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pasteques,_extrait_d%27un_tableau_de_Giovanni_Stanchi.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Pasteques%2C_extrait_d%27un_tableau_de_Giovanni_Stanchi.jpeg/250px-Pasteques%2C_extrait_d%27un_tableau_de_Giovanni_Stanchi.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Pasteques%2C_extrait_d%27un_tableau_de_Giovanni_Stanchi.jpeg/330px-Pasteques%2C_extrait_d%27un_tableau_de_Giovanni_Stanchi.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Pasteques%2C_extrait_d%27un_tableau_de_Giovanni_Stanchi.jpeg/500px-Pasteques%2C_extrait_d%27un_tableau_de_Giovanni_Stanchi.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1684" data-file-height="998" /></a><figcaption>Watermelon (an old cultivar) as depicted in a 17th-century painting, oil on canvas, by <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Stanchi" title="Giovanni Stanchi">Giovanni Stanchi</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Variety_improvement">Variety improvement</h3></div> <p>Charles Fredrick Andrus, a horticulturist at the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Agriculture" title="United States Department of Agriculture">USDA</a> Vegetable Breeding Laboratory in <a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston, South Carolina</a>, set out to produce a disease-resistant and wilt-resistant watermelon. The result, in 1954, was "that gray melon from Charleston". Its oblong shape and hard rind made it easy to stack and ship. Its adaptability meant it could be grown over a wide geographical area. It produced high yields and was resistant to the most serious watermelon diseases: <a href="/wiki/Anthracnose" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthracnose">anthracnose</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fusarium_wilt" title="Fusarium wilt">fusarium wilt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Others were also working on disease-resistant cultivars; J. M. Crall at the University of Florida produced 'Jubilee' in 1963 and C. V. Hall of Kansas State University produced 'Crimson Sweet' the following year. These are no longer grown to any great extent, but their lineage has been further developed into <a href="/wiki/Hybrid_(biology)" title="Hybrid (biology)">hybrid</a> varieties with higher yields, better flesh quality and attractive appearance.<sup id="cite_ref-Maynard_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maynard-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another objective of plant breeders has been the elimination of the seeds which occur scattered throughout the flesh. This has been achieved through the use of <a href="/wiki/Polyploid" class="mw-redirect" title="Polyploid">triploid</a> varieties, but these are sterile, and the cost of producing the seed by crossing a <a href="/wiki/Polyploid" class="mw-redirect" title="Polyploid">tetraploid</a> parent with a normal <a href="/wiki/Polyploid" class="mw-redirect" title="Polyploid">diploid</a> parent is high.<sup id="cite_ref-Maynard_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maynard-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2017, farmers in approximately 44 states in the United States grew watermelon commercially, producing more than $500 million worth of the fruit annually.<sup id="cite_ref-index_:_USDA_ARS_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-index_:_USDA_ARS-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Georgia, Florida, Texas, California and Arizona are the United States' largest watermelon producers, with Florida producing more watermelon than any other state.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-index_:_USDA_ARS_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-index_:_USDA_ARS-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This now-common fruit is often large enough that groceries often sell half or quarter melons. Some smaller, spherical varieties of watermelon—both red- and yellow-fleshed—are sometimes called "icebox melons".<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The largest recorded fruit was grown in <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a> in 2013 and weighed 159 kilograms (351 pounds).<sup id="cite_ref-weight_record_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weight_record-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Uses">Uses</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Culinary">Culinary</h3></div> <p>Watermelon is a sweet, commonly consumed fruit of summer, usually as fresh slices, diced in mixed <a href="/wiki/Fruit_salad" title="Fruit salad">fruit salads</a>, or as juice.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Watermelon juice can be blended with other fruit juices or made into <a href="/wiki/Wine" title="Wine">wine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The seeds have a nutty flavor and can be dried and roasted, or ground into flour.<sup id="cite_ref-SANBI_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SANBI-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Watermelon rinds may be eaten, but their unappealing flavor may be overcome by <a href="/wiki/Pickling" title="Pickling">pickling</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Wehner2008_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wehner2008-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> sometimes eaten as a <a href="/wiki/Vegetable" title="Vegetable">vegetable</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stir_frying" title="Stir frying">stir-fried</a> or <a href="/wiki/Stew" title="Stew">stewed</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SANBI_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SANBI-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Citrullis lanatus</i>, variety <i>caffer</i>, grows wild in the <a href="/wiki/Kalahari_Desert" title="Kalahari Desert">Kalahari Desert</a>, where it is known as <a href="/wiki/Citron_melon" title="Citron melon">tsamma</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SANBI_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SANBI-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fruits are used by the <a href="/wiki/San_people" title="San people">San people</a> and wild animals for both water and nourishment, allowing survival on a diet of tsamma for six weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-SANBI_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SANBI-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Symbolic">Symbolic</h3></div> <p>The watermelon is used variously as a <a href="/wiki/Watermelon_(Palestinian_symbol)" class="mw-redirect" title="Watermelon (Palestinian symbol)">symbol of Palestinian resistance</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Holtermann_2023_i972_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holtermann_2023_i972-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kherson_watermelon" title="Kherson watermelon">of the Kherson region</a> in Ukraine, and of <a href="/wiki/Eco-socialism" title="Eco-socialism">eco-socialism</a>, as in 'green on the outside, red on the inside'. Because it is mostly water, the watermelon has been used to symbolize <a href="/wiki/Sexual_fluidity" title="Sexual fluidity"> abrosexuality</a>, a "fluid" or changing sexual orientation.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the United States, the watermelon has also been used as <a href="/wiki/Watermelon_stereotype" title="Watermelon stereotype">a racist stereotype</a> associated with <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African Americans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cultivation">Cultivation</h2></div> <p>Watermelons are plants grown from tropical to temperate climates, needing temperatures higher than about 25 °C (77 °F) to thrive. On a garden scale, seeds are usually sown in pots under cover and transplanted into the ground. Ideal conditions are a well-drained sandy loam with a pH between 5.7 and 7.2.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Major pests of the watermelon include <a href="/wiki/Aphid" title="Aphid">aphids</a>, <a href="/wiki/Drosophila" title="Drosophila">fruit flies</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Root-knot_nematode" title="Root-knot nematode">root-knot nematodes</a>. In conditions of high humidity, the plants are prone to <a href="/wiki/Plant_pathology" title="Plant pathology">plant diseases</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Powdery_mildew" title="Powdery mildew">powdery mildew</a> and <a href="/wiki/Squash_mosaic_virus" title="Squash mosaic virus">mosaic virus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RHS_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RHS-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some varieties often grown in Japan and other parts of the <a href="/wiki/Far_East" title="Far East">Far East</a> are susceptible to <a href="/wiki/Fusarium_wilt" title="Fusarium wilt">fusarium wilt</a>. <a href="/wiki/Grafting" title="Grafting">Grafting</a> such varieties onto disease-resistant <a href="/wiki/Rootstock" title="Rootstock">rootstocks</a> offers protection.<sup id="cite_ref-Maynard_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maynard-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Watermelon_seedless.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Watermelon_seedless.jpg/220px-Watermelon_seedless.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Watermelon_seedless.jpg/330px-Watermelon_seedless.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Watermelon_seedless.jpg/440px-Watermelon_seedless.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1377" data-file-height="828" /></a><figcaption>Seedless watermelon</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/US_Department_of_Agriculture" class="mw-redirect" title="US Department of Agriculture">US Department of Agriculture</a> recommends using at least one <a href="/wiki/Beehive" title="Beehive">beehive</a> per acre (4,000 m<sup>2</sup> per hive) for <a href="/wiki/Pollination" title="Pollination">pollination</a> of conventional, seeded varieties for commercial plantings. Seedless hybrids have sterile pollen. This requires planting <a href="/wiki/Pollinizer" class="mw-redirect" title="Pollinizer">pollinizer</a> rows of varieties with viable pollen. Since the supply of viable pollen is reduced, and pollination is much more critical in producing the <a href="/wiki/Seedless" class="mw-redirect" title="Seedless">seedless</a> variety, the recommended number of hives per acre increases to three hives per acre (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" />1,300 m<sup>2</sup> per hive). Watermelons have a longer growing period than other melons and can often take 85 days or more from the time of transplanting for the fruit to mature.<sup id="cite_ref-WSU_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSU-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lack of pollen is thought to contribute to "hollow heart" which causes the flesh of the watermelon to develop a large hole, sometimes in an intricate, symmetric shape. Watermelons suffering from hollow heart are safe to consume.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Farmers of the <a href="/wiki/Zentsuji" class="mw-redirect" title="Zentsuji">Zentsuji</a> region of Japan found a way to grow <a href="/wiki/Cube" title="Cube">cubic</a> watermelons by growing the fruits in metal and glass boxes and making them assume the shape of the receptacle.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cubic shape was originally designed to make the melons easier to stack and store, but these "<a href="/wiki/Square_watermelon" title="Square watermelon">square watermelons</a>" may be triple the price of normal ones, so appeal mainly to wealthy urban consumers.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pyramid-shaped watermelons have also been developed, and any <a href="/wiki/Polyhedron" title="Polyhedron">polyhedral</a> shape may potentially be used.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Watermelons, which are called <span title="Khoisan languages collective text"><i lang="khi">tsamma</i></span> in <a href="/wiki/Khoisan_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Khoisan language">Khoisan language</a> and <span title="Tswana-language text"><i lang="tn">makataan</i></span> in <a href="/wiki/Tswana_language" title="Tswana language">Tswana language</a>, are important water sources in <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Kalahari_Desert" title="Kalahari Desert">Kalahari Desert</a>, and <a href="/wiki/East_Africa" title="East Africa">East Africa</a> for both humans and animals.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Production">Production</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:China_production_of_watermelons_from_1961_to_2020.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="China production of watermelons from 1961 to 2020" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/China_production_of_watermelons_from_1961_to_2020.svg/220px-China_production_of_watermelons_from_1961_to_2020.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/China_production_of_watermelons_from_1961_to_2020.svg/330px-China_production_of_watermelons_from_1961_to_2020.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/China_production_of_watermelons_from_1961_to_2020.svg/440px-China_production_of_watermelons_from_1961_to_2020.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="907" data-file-height="570" /></a><figcaption>China production of watermelons from 1961 to 2020. Source: <a href="/wiki/FAOSTAT" class="mw-redirect" title="FAOSTAT">FAOSTAT</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2020, global production of watermelons was 101.6 million <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">tonnes</a>, with China (mainland) accounting for 60% of the total (60.1 million tonnes).<sup id="cite_ref-fao21_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fao21-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Secondary producers included <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algeria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a> – all having annual production of 2–3 million tonnes in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-fao21_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fao21-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="float:right; width:19em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Watermelon production, 2020<small><br /><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> (millions of tonnes)</div></small> </th></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a></div></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> 60.1</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a></div></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> 3.49</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></div></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> 2.79</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a></div></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> 2.74</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/40px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/60px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algeria</a></div></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> 2.29</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/40px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/60px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a></div></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> 2.18</div> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#ccc;"> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>World</b></div> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>101.6</b></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><small>Source: <a href="/wiki/FAOSTAT" class="mw-redirect" title="FAOSTAT">FAOSTAT</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a></small><sup id="cite_ref-fao21_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fao21-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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title="Watermelon grown in Buryatia, Siberia"><img alt="Watermelon grown in Buryatia, Siberia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Watermelon_grown_in_Buryatia%2C_Siberia.jpg/200px-Watermelon_grown_in_Buryatia%2C_Siberia.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Watermelon_grown_in_Buryatia%2C_Siberia.jpg/300px-Watermelon_grown_in_Buryatia%2C_Siberia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Watermelon_grown_in_Buryatia%2C_Siberia.jpg/400px-Watermelon_grown_in_Buryatia%2C_Siberia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Watermelon grown in Buryatia, Siberia</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Watermelon12.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Watermelon rind curry"><img alt="Watermelon rind curry" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Watermelon12.jpg/150px-Watermelon12.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Watermelon12.jpg/225px-Watermelon12.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Watermelon12.jpg/300px-Watermelon12.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3120" data-file-height="4160" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Watermelon rind curry</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Roasted_watermelon_seeds_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Roasted and salted watermelon seeds"><img alt="Roasted and salted watermelon seeds" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Roasted_watermelon_seeds_2.jpg/200px-Roasted_watermelon_seeds_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="199" 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decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B0.jpg/300px-%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B0.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B0.jpg/400px-%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B0.jpg 2x" data-file-width="22500" data-file-height="15000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Watermelon seed under a microscope</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Slices_of_watermelon.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Watermelon, sliced into pieces"><img alt="Watermelon pieces" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Slices_of_watermelon.jpg/150px-Slices_of_watermelon.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Slices_of_watermelon.jpg/225px-Slices_of_watermelon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Slices_of_watermelon.jpg/300px-Slices_of_watermelon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1242" data-file-height="1656" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Watermelon, sliced into pieces</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sugar_Baby_watermelon_explodes_when_a_small_incision_is_made_in_its_peel.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Very ripe Sugar Baby watermelon, grown in Oklahoma, bursts open when a small incision is made into its rind"><img alt="Very ripe Sugar Baby watermelon, grown in Oklahoma, bursts open when a small incision is made into its rind" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Sugar_Baby_watermelon_explodes_when_a_small_incision_is_made_in_its_peel.jpg/250px-Sugar_Baby_watermelon_explodes_when_a_small_incision_is_made_in_its_peel.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Sugar_Baby_watermelon_explodes_when_a_small_incision_is_made_in_its_peel.jpg/330px-Sugar_Baby_watermelon_explodes_when_a_small_incision_is_made_in_its_peel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Sugar_Baby_watermelon_explodes_when_a_small_incision_is_made_in_its_peel.jpg/500px-Sugar_Baby_watermelon_explodes_when_a_small_incision_is_made_in_its_peel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Very ripe Sugar Baby watermelon, grown in <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a>, bursts open when a small incision is made into its rind</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Watermelon_yellow_2024_G1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Watermelon with yellow flesh"><img alt="Watermelon with yellow flesh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Watermelon_yellow_2024_G1.jpg/250px-Watermelon_yellow_2024_G1.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Watermelon_yellow_2024_G1.jpg/330px-Watermelon_yellow_2024_G1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Watermelon_yellow_2024_G1.jpg/500px-Watermelon_yellow_2024_G1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5700" data-file-height="3400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Watermelon with yellow flesh</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span 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Maphosa. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ir.lsu.ac.zw/bitstream/123456789/535/1/Dube_J....et%20al.pdf">"Watermelon Production in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities"</a>. <i>International Journal of Vegetable Science</i> 27.3 (2021): 211–219.</li> <li>Maoto, Makaepea M., Daniso Beswa, and Afam IO Jideani. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10942912.2019.1584212">"Watermelon as a Potential Fruit Snack"</a>. <i>International Journal of food properties</i> 22.1 (2019): 355–370.</li> <li>Tabiri, Betty, et al. 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(bitter melon)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_melon_dishes" title="List of melon dishes">List of melon dishes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melon_Day" title="Melon Day">Melon Day</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Melothria_scabra" title="Melothria scabra">Melothria scabra</a></i> (cucamelon)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Solanum_muricatum" title="Solanum muricatum">Solanum muricatum</a></i> (pepino melon)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Category:Melons" title="Category:Melons">Category</a></b></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons page"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/20px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/40px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span> <b><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Melons" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Melons">Commons</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17507129" class="extiw" title="wikidata:Q17507129">Q17507129</a></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Wikispecies" title="Wikispecies">Wikispecies</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="external"><a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Citrullus_lanatus" class="extiw" title="wikispecies:Citrullus lanatus">Citrullus lanatus</a></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;">AoFP: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=331">331</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;">APA: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://floraofalabama.org/Plant.aspx?id=1662">1662</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;">APDB: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/25842">25842</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Plant_Name_Index" title="Australian Plant Name Index">APNI</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/69938">69938</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;">BioLib: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id38896">38896</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;">Calflora: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=9814">9814</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Catalogue_of_Life" title="Catalogue of Life">CoL</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/VMHP">VMHP</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Ecocrop" title="Ecocrop">Ecocrop</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ecocrop.review.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropView?id=708">708</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/State_Herbarium_of_South_Australia" title="State Herbarium of South Australia">eFloraSA</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&name=Citrullus_lanatus">Citrullus_lanatus</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Encyclopedia_of_Life" title="Encyclopedia of Life">EoL</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eol.org/pages/584423">584423</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/EPPO_Code" title="EPPO Code">EPPO</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/CITLA">CITLA</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/European_Nature_Information_System" class="mw-redirect" title="European Nature Information System">EUNIS</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eunis.eea.europa.eu/species/168461">168461</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/FloraBase" title="FloraBase">FloraBase</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/7370">7370</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Flora_of_North_America" title="Flora of North America">FNA</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200022609">200022609</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Flora_of_Australia" title="Flora of Australia">FoAO2</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Citrullus%20lanatus">Citrullus lanatus</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Flora_of_China_(series)" title="Flora of China (series)">FoC</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022609">200022609</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility" title="Global Biodiversity Information Facility">GBIF</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gbif.org/species/2874621">2874621</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Germplasm_Resources_Information_Network" title="Germplasm Resources Information Network">GRIN</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=10675">10675</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/INaturalist" title="INaturalist">iNaturalist</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://inaturalist.org/taxa/70054">70054</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/International_Plant_Names_Index" title="International Plant Names Index">IPNI</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ipni.org/n/291938-1">291938-1</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Interim_Register_of_Marine_and_Nonmarine_Genera" title="Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera">IRMNG</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=10198162">10198162</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Integrated_Taxonomic_Information_System" title="Integrated Taxonomic Information System">ITIS</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=22356">22356</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;">MichiganFlora: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=879">879</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Botanical_Garden" title="Missouri Botanical Garden">MoBotPF</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=279562">279562</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/NatureServe" title="NatureServe">NatureServe</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.159146/">2.159146</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/National_Biodiversity_Network" title="National Biodiversity Network">NBN</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://species.nbnatlas.org/species/NBNSYS0000033927">NBNSYS0000033927</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/National_Center_for_Biotechnology_Information" title="National Center for Biotechnology Information">NCBI</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=3654">3654</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/NSWFlora" class="mw-redirect" title="NSWFlora">NSWFlora</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Citrullus~lanatus">Citrullus~lanatus</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;">NZOR: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nzor.org.nz/names/28e41ccd-2ac7-4b87-8385-e0c3adf92712">28e41ccd-2ac7-4b87-8385-e0c3adf92712</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Plant_Conservation_Network" title="New Zealand Plant Conservation Network">NZPCN</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=3693">3693</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Observation.org" title="Observation.org">Observation.org</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://observation.org/species/6615/">6615</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Open_Tree_of_Life" title="Open Tree of Life">Open Tree of Life</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://tree.opentreeoflife.org/taxonomy/browse?id=1006251">1006251</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/The_Plant_List" title="The Plant List">Plant List</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2723908">kew-2723908</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Natural_Resources_Conservation_Service#Plants" title="Natural Resources Conservation Service">PLANTS</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://plants.sc.egov.usda.gov/plant-profile/CILA3">CILA3</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Plants_of_the_World_Online" title="Plants of the World Online">POWO</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A291938-1">urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:291938-1</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/South_African_National_Biodiversity_Institute" title="South African National Biodiversity Institute">SANBI</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=1913-2">1913-2</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Tropicos" title="Tropicos">Tropicos</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tropicos.org/name/9201087">9201087</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;">VASCAN: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://data.canadensys.net/vascan/taxon/27740">27740</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/National_Herbarium_of_Victoria" title="National Herbarium of Victoria">VicFlora</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/24c48d5c-e2f7-4f4f-898a-8fafe305c8ab">24c48d5c-e2f7-4f4f-898a-8fafe305c8ab</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/World_Flora_Online" title="World Flora Online">WFO</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://list.worldfloraonline.org/wfo-0000607858">wfo-0000607858</a></span></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;"><i>Momordica lanata</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Wikidata" title="Wikidata">Wikidata</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="external"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17507127" class="extiw" title="wikidata:Q17507127">Q17507127</a></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;">APDB: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/26003">26003</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Plant_Name_Index" title="Australian Plant Name Index">APNI</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/199634">199634</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Catalogue_of_Life" title="Catalogue of Life">CoL</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/43Z2T">43Z2T</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility" title="Global Biodiversity Information Facility">GBIF</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gbif.org/species/3625240">3625240</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Germplasm_Resources_Information_Network" title="Germplasm Resources Information Network">GRIN</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=468436">468436</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/International_Plant_Names_Index" title="International Plant Names Index">IPNI</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ipni.org/n/293480-1">293480-1</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Interim_Register_of_Marine_and_Nonmarine_Genera" title="Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera">IRMNG</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=10206392">10206392</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Integrated_Taxonomic_Information_System" title="Integrated Taxonomic Information System">ITIS</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=517276">517276</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Plants_of_the_World_Online" title="Plants of the World Online">POWO</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A293480-1">urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:293480-1</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Tropicos" title="Tropicos">Tropicos</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tropicos.org/name/9200580">9200580</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/World_Flora_Online" title="World Flora Online">WFO</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://list.worldfloraonline.org/wfo-0000377051">wfo-0000377051</a></span></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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