cantaloupe
Open main menu Search Cantaloupe Language Watch Edit "Rockmelon" redirects here. For the band, see Rockmelons . For other uses, see Cantaloupe (disambiguation) . The cantaloupe , rockmelon (Australia), sweet melon , or spanspek (South Africa) is a melon that is a variety of the muskmelon species ( Cucumis melo ) from the family Cucurbitaceae . Cantaloupe Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade : Tracheophytes Clade : Angiosperms Clade : Eudicots Clade : Rosids Order: Cucurbitales Family: Cucurbitaceae Genus: Cucumis Species: C. melo Subspecies: C. m. subsp. melo Variety: C. m. var. cantalupo Trinomial name Cucumis melo var. cantalupo Ser. Synonyms [1] Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis Naudin Cucumis melo var. reticulatus Naudin 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, but today may refer to any orange-fleshed melon of the C.