"Cantaloupe Cantaloupe (muskmelon, mushmelon, rockmelon, sweet melon) or spanspek (South Africa) is a variety of the ""Cucumis melo"" species in the Cucurbitaceae family. Cantaloupes range in weight from . Originally, ""cantaloupe"" referred only to the non-netted, orange-fleshed melons of Europe, but may mean any orange-fleshed melon of ""C. melo"". China is the world's largest producer of cantaloupes, providing half of the global total in 2016. The name cantaloupe 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 South Asia to Africa. It was later introduced to Europe and, around 1890, became a commercial crop in the United States. The European cantaloupe, ""C. melo"" var. ""cantalupensis"", 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, ""C. melo"" var. ""reticulatus"", common in the United States, Mexico, and some parts of Canada, is a different variety of ""Cucumis melo"", a muskmelon that has a ""net-like"" (reticulated) peel. It is a round"
"Asimina triloba Asimina triloba, the papaw, pawpaw, paw paw, or paw-paw, among many regional names, is a small deciduous tree native to the eastern United States and Canada, producing a large, yellowish-green to brown fruit. It belongs to the genus ""Asimina"" in the same plant family (the Annonaceae) as the custard-apple, cherimoya, sweetsop, ylang-ylang and soursop. The pawpaw is a patch-forming (clonal) understory tree found in well-drained, deep, fertile bottom-land and hilly upland habitat, with large, simple leaves. Pawpaw fruits are the largest edible fruit indigenous to the United States (not counting gourds, which are typically considered vegetables rather than"
"into the same order, although some systems separate that order into Rutales and Sapindales. The families Flindersiaceae and Ptaeroxylaceae are sometimes kept separate, but nowadays generally are placed in the Rutaceae, as are the former Cneoraceae. The subfamilial organization has not been fully resolved, but the subfamily Aurantioideae (=Citroideae) is well supported; the placement of several genera remains unclear. The family is of great economic importance in warm temperate and subtropical climates for its numerous edible fruits of the genus ""Citrus"", such as the orange, lemon, calamansi, lime, kumquat, mandarin and grapefruit. Non-citrus fruits include the White sapote (""Casimiroa edulis""),"
"Melon A melon is any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae with sweet edible, fleshy fruit. The word ""melon"" can refer to either the plant or specifically to the fruit. Botanically, a melon is a kind of berry, specifically a ""pepo"". The word ""melon"" derives from Latin """", which is the latinization of the Greek (""mēlopepōn""), meaning ""melon"", itself a compound of (""mēlon""), ""apple, treefruit (""of any kind"")"" and (""pepōn""), amongst others ""a kind of gourd or melon"". Many different cultivars have been produced, particularly of cantaloupes. Melons originated in Northeastern Africa and the Middle East, but they gradually"
"at the Dayton Art Institute in Dayton, Ohio. Asimina triloba Asimina triloba, the papaw, pawpaw, paw paw, or paw-paw, among many regional names, is a small deciduous tree native to the eastern United States and Canada, producing a large, yellowish-green to brown fruit. It belongs to the genus ""Asimina"" in the same plant family (the Annonaceae) as the custard-apple, cherimoya, sweetsop, ylang-ylang and soursop. The pawpaw is a patch-forming (clonal) understory tree found in well-drained, deep, fertile bottom-land and hilly upland habitat, with large, simple leaves. Pawpaw fruits are the largest edible fruit indigenous to the United States (not counting"
"Annonaceae The Annonaceae are a family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs, or rarely lianas commonly known as the custard apple family or soursop family. With 108 accepted genera and about 2400 known species, it is the largest family in the Magnoliales. Several genera produce edible fruit, most notably ""Annona"", ""Anonidium"", ""Asimina"", ""Rollinia"", and ""Uvaria"". Its type genus is ""Annona"". The family is concentrated in the tropics, with few species found in temperate regions. About 900 species are Neotropical, 450 are Afrotropical, and the remaining are Indomalayan. The species are mostly tropical, some are mid-latitude, deciduous or evergreen trees"
"Orange (fruit) The orange is the fruit of the citrus species ""Citrus"" × ""sinensis"" in the family Rutaceae. It is also called sweet orange, to distinguish it from the related ""Citrus × aurantium"", referred to as bitter orange. The sweet orange reproduces asexually (apomixis through nucellar embryony); varieties of sweet orange arise through mutations. The orange is a hybrid between pomelo (""Citrus maxima"") and mandarin (""Citrus reticulata""). The chloroplast genome, and therefore the maternal line, is that of pomelo. The sweet orange has had its full genome sequenced. Sweet oranges were mentioned in Chinese literature in 314 BC. , orange"
"Citrus Citrus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the rue family, Rutaceae. Plants in the genus produce citrus fruits, including important crops like oranges, lemons, grapefruit, pomelo and limes. The most recent research indicates an origin in the Himalayas. Previous research indicated an origin in the part of Southeast Asia bordered by Northeast India, Burma (Myanmar) and the Yunnan province of China, and it is in this region that some commercial species such as oranges, mandarins, and lemons originated. Citrus fruit has been cultivated in an ever-widening area since ancient times. It has also been cultivated for"
"Citropsis Citropsis is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae. They are known generally as African cherry oranges. They are native to Africa. This genus is in the subfamily Aurantioideae, which also includes genus ""Citrus"". It is in the tribe Citreae and subtribe Citrinae, which are known technically as the citrus fruit trees. ""Citropsis"" and the genus ""Atalantia"" are also called near-citrus fruit trees. The genus ""Citropsis"" is thought to be an ancestral group of genus ""Citrus"". Fruit-bearing intergeneric hybrids have been established between ""Citropsis gabunensis"" and ""Citrus wakonai"". Demand for the roots may lead to the"
"Honeydew (melon) A honeydew melon, also known as a honeymelon, is the fruit of one cultivar group of the muskmelon, ""Cucumis melo"" in the gourd family. The Inodorus group includes honeydew, crenshaw, casaba, winter, and other mixed melons. A honeydew has a round to slightly oval shape, typically long. It generally ranges in weight from . The flesh is usually pale green in color, while the smooth peel ranges from greenish to yellow. Like most fruit, honeydew has seeds. The inner flesh is eaten, often for dessert, and honeydew is commonly found in supermarkets across the world alongside cantaloupe melons"
"Rutaceae The Rutaceae are a family, commonly known as the rue or citrus family, of flowering plants, usually placed in the order Sapindales. Species of the family generally have flowers that divide into four or five parts, usually with strong scents. They range in form and size from herbs to shrubs and large trees. The most economically important genus in the family is ""Citrus"", which includes the orange (""C."" × ""sinensis""), lemon (""C."" × ""limon""), grapefruit (""C."" × ""paradisi""), and lime (various, mostly ""C. aurantifolia"", the key lime). ""Boronia"" is a large Australian genus, some members of which are plants"
"Cucurbitaceae, or gourd family (including pumpkins and melons); the Brassicaceae, or mustard plant family (including rapeseed and the innumerable varieties of the cabbage species ""Brassica oleracea""); and the Apiaceae, or parsley family. Many of our fruits come from the Rutaceae, or rue family (including oranges, lemons, grapefruits, etc.), and the Rosaceae, or rose family (including apples, pears, cherries, apricots, plums, etc.). In some parts of the world, certain single species assume paramount importance because of their variety of uses, for example the coconut (""Cocos nucifera"") on Pacific atolls, and the olive (""Olea europaea"") in the Mediterranean region. Flowering plants also"
"Pomelo The pomelo, Citrus maxima or Citrus grandis, is the largest citrus fruit from the Rutaceae family. It is a natural (non-hybrid) citrus fruit, similar in appearance to a large grapefruit, native to South and Southeast Asia. The pomelo is one of the original citrus species from which the rest of cultivated citrus hybridized. The popular fruit is used in many Chinese festive celebrations throughout Southeast Asia. After a Captain Shaddock of an East India Company ship introduced it to Barbados, the fruit was called ""shaddock"" in English. From there the name spread to Jamaica in 1696. It remains a"
"""callaloo"". Flour made from ""Xanthosoma"" species is hypoallergenic. Xanthosoma Xanthosoma is a genus of flowering plants in the arum family, Araceae. The genus is native to tropical America but widely cultivated and naturalized in other tropical regions. Several are grown for their starchy corms, an important food staple of tropical regions, known variously as ""malanga"", ""otoy"", ""otoe"", cocoyam (or new cocoyam), ""tannia"", ""tannier"", ""yautía"", ""macabo"", ""ocumo"", ""macal"", ""taioba"", ""dasheen"", ""quequisque"", ""ape"" and (in Papua New Guinea) as Singapore taro (""taro kongkong""). Many other species (including especially ""X. roseum"") are used as ornamental plants, and in popular horticultural literature are known"
"Cherimoya The cherimoya (""Annona cherimola""), also spelled chirimoya and called chirimuya by the Inca people, is an edible fruit-bearing species of the genus ""Annona"" from the family Annonaceae. It is generally thought to be native to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, spreading through cultivation to the Andes and Central America. Cherimoya is grown in tropical regions throughout the world. Mark Twain called the cherimoya ""the most delicious fruit known to men"". The creamy texture of the flesh gives the fruit its secondary name, custard apple. It is in the same genus, ""Annona"", as soursop. The name originates from the Quechua"
"Ananas Ananas is a plant genus of the bromeliad family (Bromeliaceae), native to South America and Central America, which includes the species ""Ananas comosus"", the pineapple. This genus originated in Mesoamerica and was brought to the Caribbean Islands by the Carib natives. The oldest register with the representation of the fruit seems to be included in the Cascajal Block, attributed to the Olmec civilization. In 1493, Christopher Columbus first saw plants of this genus in Guadeloupe. It was brought from Brazil to Europe by the Portuguese, and from there was distributed to the Pacific Islands by the Spanish and the"
"subtended by a large bract. The fruit is a berry or capsule. The rhizome is fleshy with tuberous roots. Costaceae Costaceae, or the ""Costus"" family, is a family of pantropical monocots. It belongs to the order Zingiberales, which contains horticulturally and economically important plants such as the banana (Musaceae), bird-of-paradise (Strelitziaceae), and edible ginger (Zingiberaceae). The seven genera in Costaceae together contain about 143 known species (1 in ""Monocostus"", 2 in ""Dimerocostus"", 16 in ""Tapeinochilos"", 2 in ""Paracostus"", c. 8 in ""Chamaecostus"", c. 5 in ""Hellenia"", and c. 80 in ""Costus""). They are native to tropical climates of Asia, Africa,"
"dietary fiber, total polyphenols, carotenoids, limonene and dietary minerals, such as potassium and magnesium. Orange (fruit) The orange is the fruit of the citrus species ""Citrus"" × ""sinensis"" in the family Rutaceae. It is also called sweet orange, to distinguish it from the related ""Citrus × aurantium"", referred to as bitter orange. The sweet orange reproduces asexually (apomixis through nucellar embryony); varieties of sweet orange arise through mutations. The orange is a hybrid between pomelo (""Citrus maxima"") and mandarin (""Citrus reticulata""). The chloroplast genome, and therefore the maternal line, is that of pomelo. The sweet orange has had its full"
"Cucumis melo 'Jenny Lind' The Jenny Lind Melon (Cucumis melo) is an heirloom cantaloupe first introduced in the 1840s. Unlike most other types of cantaloupe, its flesh is light green, rather than orange. A typical fruit weights between one and two pounds, and has a distinct knob, often known as a ""turban"", on one end. Like other heirloom plants, Jenny Lind Melons are generally not grown commercially. However, their seeds are available from a variety of sources, and many home gardeners choose to grow their own. The plant is commonly believed to have been named for the singer Jenny Lind."
"Cucumis melo 'Jenny Lind' The Jenny Lind Melon (Cucumis melo) is an heirloom cantaloupe first introduced in the 1840s. Unlike most other types of cantaloupe, its flesh is light green, rather than orange. A typical fruit weights between one and two pounds, and has a distinct knob, often known as a ""turban"", on one end. Like other heirloom plants, Jenny Lind Melons are generally not grown commercially. However, their seeds are available from a variety of sources, and many home gardeners choose to grow their own. The plant is commonly believed to have been named for the singer Jenny Lind."
"species is most closely related to ""Pleodendron"" and is restricted to the Greater Antilles. It consists of six species, two of which remain unnamed. The name ""Antillodendron"" has been proposed for this group, but this name is considered by some to be invalid because it was not effectively published. Canellaceae The Canellaceae are a family of flowering plants in the order Canellales. The order includes only one other family, the Winteraceae. Canellaceae is native to the Afrotropic and Neotropic ecozones. They are small to medium trees, rarely shrubs, evergreen and aromatic. The flowers and fruit are often red. Several species"
"ceramics. Cherimoya The cherimoya (""Annona cherimola""), also spelled chirimoya and called chirimuya by the Inca people, is an edible fruit-bearing species of the genus ""Annona"" from the family Annonaceae. It is generally thought to be native to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, spreading through cultivation to the Andes and Central America. Cherimoya is grown in tropical regions throughout the world. Mark Twain called the cherimoya ""the most delicious fruit known to men"". The creamy texture of the flesh gives the fruit its secondary name, custard apple. It is in the same genus, ""Annona"", as soursop. The name originates from the"
"Xanthosoma Xanthosoma is a genus of flowering plants in the arum family, Araceae. The genus is native to tropical America but widely cultivated and naturalized in other tropical regions. Several are grown for their starchy corms, an important food staple of tropical regions, known variously as ""malanga"", ""otoy"", ""otoe"", cocoyam (or new cocoyam), ""tannia"", ""tannier"", ""yautía"", ""macabo"", ""ocumo"", ""macal"", ""taioba"", ""dasheen"", ""quequisque"", ""ape"" and (in Papua New Guinea) as Singapore taro (""taro kongkong""). Many other species (including especially ""X. roseum"") are used as ornamental plants, and in popular horticultural literature are known as ‘ape (due to its resemblance to the"
"Syzygium cumini Syzygium cumini, commonly known as jambolan, Java plum, black plum or jamun, is an evergreen tropical tree in the flowering plant family Myrtaceae. It is native to the Indian Subcontinent, adjoining regions of Southeast Asia, China and Queensland. The name of the fruit is sometimes mistranslated as blackberry, which is a different fruit in an unrelated family. ""Syzygium cumini"" has been spread overseas from India by Indian emigrants and at present is common in former tropical British colonies. The tree was introduced to Florida in 1911 by the USDA, and is also now commonly grown in Suriname, Guyana"
"but not nuclear DNA, shows a tight relationship between ""Cydonia"" and ""Dichotomanthes"", a non-pome-bearing genus. Maleae The Maleae (incorrectly Pyreae) are the apple tribe in the rose family, Rosaceae. The group includes a number of plants bearing commercially important fruits, such as apples and pears, while others are cultivated as ornamentals. Older taxonomies separated some of this group as tribe Crataegeae, as the Cydonia group (a tentative placement), or some genera were placed in family Quillajaceae. The tribe consists exclusively of shrubs and small trees. Most have pomes, a type of accessory fruit that does not occur in other Rosaceae."
"Citron melon The citron melon (""Citrullus caffer"") is a relative of the watermelon, also called ""Citrullus lanatus"" var. ""citroides"" and Citrullus amarus, fodder melon, preserving melon, red-seeded citron, jam melon, stock melon, Kalahari melon or tsamma melon. It is in the family Cucurbitaceae which consists of various squashes, melons, and gourds. Its fruit has a hard white flesh, rendering it less likely to be eaten raw; more often it is pickled or used to make fruit preserves, and is used for cattle feed. It is especially useful for fruit preserves, because it has a high pectin content. The citron melon"
"Atalantia Atalantia is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, the Rutaceae. This genus is in the subfamily Aurantioideae, which also includes the genus ""Citrus"". It is in the tribe Aurantieae and subtribe Citrinae, which are known technically as the citrus fruit trees. ""Atalantia"" and the genus ""Citropsis"" are also called near-citrus fruit trees. ""Papilio polymnestor"", the blue Mormon, a large swallowtail butterfly from South India and Sri Lanka can be found near ""Atalantia"". ""Phyllocnistis citrella"", the citrus leafminer, is a moth of the family Gracillariidae whose larvae are considered a serious agricultural pest on citrus species, such"
"Pome In botany, a pome (derived from Latin ""pōmum"", meaning ""fruit"") is a type of fruit produced by flowering plants in the subtribe Malinae of the family Rosaceae. The word ""pome"" entered English in the late 14th century, and referred to an apple or an apple-shaped object. It derived from the Old French word ""pome"" ""apple"" (12th century; modern French is ""pomme""), which in turn derived from the Late Latin or Vulgar Latin word ""poma"" ""apple"", originally the plural of Latin ""pomum"" ""fruit"", later ""apple"". A pome is an accessory fruit composed of one or more carpels surrounded by accessory"
"Kumquat Kumquats (or cumquats in Australian English, ; ""Citrus japonica"") are a group of small fruit-bearing trees in the flowering plant family Rutaceae. They were previously classified as forming the now historical genus ""Fortunella"", or placed within ""Citrus sensu lato"". The edible fruit closely resembles the orange (""Citrus sinensis"") in color and shape but is much smaller, being approximately the size of a large olive. Kumquat is a fairly cold-hardy citrus. The English name ""kumquat"" derives from the Cantonese ""gām-gwāt"" , literally meaning ""golden orange"" or ""golden tangerine"". The kumquat plant is native to south Asia and the Asia-Pacific region."
"Watermelon Citrullus lanatus is a plant species in the family Cucurbitaceae, a vine-like (scrambler and trailer) flowering plant originating in West Africa. It is cultivated for its fruit. The subdivision of this species into two varieties, watermelons (""Citrullus lanatus"" (Thunb.) var. ""lanatus"") and citron melons (""Citrullus lanatus"" var. ""citroides"" (L. H. Bailey) Mansf.), originated with the erroneous synonymization of ""Citrullus lanatus"" (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai and ""Citrullus vulgaris"" Schrad. by L.H. Bailey in 1930. Molecular data including sequences from the original collection of Thunberg and other relevant type material, show that the sweet watermelon (""Citrullus vulgaris"" Schrad.) and the bitter"
"Tamarillo The tamarillo is a small tree or shrub in the flowering plant family Solanaceae (the nightshade family). It is best known as the species that bears the tamarillo, an egg-shaped edible fruit. It is also known as the tree tomato, tomate andino, tomate serrano, tomate de yuca, sachatomate, berenjena, tamamoro, and tomate de árbol in South America. They are popular globally, especially in New Zealand, Australia, and America. The tamarillo is native to the Andes of Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Chile, and Bolivia. Today it is still cultivated in gardens and small orchards for local production, and it is one"
"food plants. Five related butterflies form the group of lime butterflies in the genus ""Papilio"" of which ""P. demoleus"" Linnaeus, 1758 is the flagship species, which gives the name to the group. The other morphologically related butterflies are: The citrus swallowtail (""P. demodocus"" Esper) is found in sub-Saharan Africa, while the other three species are endemic to Madagascar. Research into the biogeography, phylogeny, and analysis of vicariance relationships dating back to the Cretaceous, of the ""lime butterfly"" or """"demoleus"""" group, suggest that the group of lime swallowtails diversified in Madagascar in the middle Miocene. Six subspecies are recognised in ""P."