Muskmelon (Cucumis melo)

Latin Name	Observation Date	Location
Cucumis melo	Sep 16, 2026	Natore, Bangladesh

This yellow flowered plant, which is found growing on the side of the land or in the uncultivated soil of the garden, is basically a type of wild weed, which is known as melon or wild melon. Let's learn more about this creeping wild plant.

​Scientific name:
In the scientific world, the specific scientific name of this wild plant is Cucumis melo var. agrestis.
​Family and genus:
According to the classification of the plant world, it belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family. In the scientific world, their genus or genus name is Cucumis.

​Habitat and habitat:
They are mainly spread in various regions of Asia, Africa and Australia. They grow naturally as weeds without any planting in the uncultivated lands, pastures, river banks or around the gardens of our country.

​Food and nutrition:
These plants absorb a large amount of nutrients and water from the soil to make their own food. Especially when grown in gardens or crop fields, they absorb the fertilizer and nutrients given to the main plant very quickly.

​Shape and lifestyle:
As you can see in the picture, the leaves of this creeping plant are quite rough and it blooms with small bright yellow flowers. A small young fruit is visible under the flower, which has dense small hairs on it. Although it looks like a common melon when young, this fruit is not sweet when ripe; in most cases it is tasteless or slightly bitter.

​Benefits:
They do not have much benefit in nature. Although animals, birds or insects sometimes depend on its flowers and fruits, they do not have any direct benefit for agriculture or gardens.

​Disadvantages:
In agriculture, they are known as quite harmful weeds. When they grow in crop fields or gardens, they spread very quickly and cause serious damage to the main plant by absorbing the necessary nutrients, water and light from the soil. Since I also have China Three lemon, orange, and malta trees in my own garden, if I see such weeds at the base of the trees or around the rice and pumpkin beds, I quickly clean them up.

I learned about them from various sites including iNaturalist, Wikipedia and Google.

_{​(All posts are written in Bengali and translated into English using Google Translate.)}

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Camera Used	Samsung SM-G973F
F-Stop	F2.4
ISO speed	ISO
Focal length	26mm
Flash	No
Editing app	Lightroom
Photography	(Cucumis melo)
Photographer	@mshbd
Location	Natore, Bangladesh

Link to original community
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/403927621

Latitude	Longitude	Map Link
24.3351	89.1161	https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=12/24.3351/89.1161