Cantaloupe melon
| Cantaloupe | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Genus: | Cucumis |
| Species: | C. melo |
| Subspecies: | C. melo subsp. melo |
| Variety: | C. melo var. cantalupo |
| Trinomial name | |
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Cucumis melo var. cantalupo Ser. |
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| Synonyms | |
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Cantaloupe in cross-section
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| Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) | |
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| Energy | 141 kJ (34 kcal) |
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8.16 g
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| Sugars | 7.86 g |
| Dietary fiber | 0.9 g |
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0.19 g
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0.84 g
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| Vitamins | |
| Vitamin A equiv. |
(21%)
169 μg
(19%)
2020 μg26 μg
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| Thiamine (B1) |
(4%)
0.041 mg |
| Riboflavin (B2) |
(2%)
0.019 mg |
| Niacin (B3) |
(5%)
0.734 mg |
| Pantothenic acid (B5) |
(2%)
0.105 mg |
| Vitamin B6 |
(6%)
0.072 mg |
| Folate (B9) |
(5%)
21 μg |
| Choline |
(2%)
7.6 mg |
| Vitamin C |
(44%)
36.7 mg |
| Vitamin K |
(2%)
2.5 μg |
| Minerals | |
| Calcium |
(1%)
9 mg |
| Iron |
(2%)
0.21 mg |
| Magnesium |
(3%)
12 mg |
| Manganese |
(2%)
0.041 mg |
| Phosphorus |
(2%)
15 mg |
| Potassium |
(6%)
267 mg |
| Sodium |
(1%)
16 mg |
| Zinc |
(2%)
0.18 mg |
| Other constituents | |
| Water | 90.2 g |
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| Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults. Source: USDA Nutrient Database |
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Cantaloupe (also cantelope, cantaloup, muskmelon (India and the United States), mushmelon, rockmelon, sweet melon, Persian melon, or spanspek (South Africa)) refers to a variety of the Cucumis melo species in the Cucurbitaceae family.
Cantaloupes range in weight from 0.5 to 5 kilograms (1 to 11 lb). Originally, cantaloupe referred only to the non-netted, orange-fleshed melons of Europe. However, in more recent usage it has come to mean any orange-fleshed melon of C. melo, and has become the most popular melon in North America.
The name is derived via French cantaloup from Italian Cantalupo, which was formerly a papal county seat near Rome, after the fruit's introduction there from Armenia. It was first mentioned in English literature in 1739.
The cantaloupe most likely originated in a region from Iran to India and Africa. It was later introduced to Europe and, around 1890, became a commercial crop in the United States.
The European cantaloupe is lightly ribbed with a sweet and flavorful flesh and a gray-green skin that looks quite different from that of the North American cantaloupe.
The North American cantaloupe, common in the United States, Mexico, and some parts of Canada, is actually a muskmelon, a different variety of Cucumis melo, and has a "net-like" (reticulated) skin covering. It is a round melon with firm, orange, moderately sweet flesh and a thin, reticulated, light-grey rind. Varieties with redder and yellower flesh exist, but are not common in the US commercially.
In 2013, the world production of melons, including cantaloupes, was 29.4 million tonnes, with China accounting for 49% of the total (14.4 million tonnes). Other significant countries growing cantaloupe in 2013 were Turkey, Iran, Egypt and India, which each grew 1 to 1.7 million tonnes.
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