The skin and seeds of cantaloupe can be eaten.

Coumarou, is the cucumber genus of annual creeping or climbing grasses and trees of the family Cucurbitaceae. Fragrant melon stems, branches and petioles rough; leaves nearly round or kidney-shaped, leaf blade texture slightly hard, slightly revolute edge; flowers unisexual, calyx tube narrow bell-shaped, corolla yellow; fruit shape, color varies according to varieties, usually oblong or long elliptic, smooth pericarp, longitudinal grooves or mottled, pulp white, yellow or green, with a fragrant sweet taste; seeds stained white or yellowish-white, ovate or oblong; fruiting and flowering period in summer; fragrant melon because of the flesh of freshly fragrant and so named! The name is derived from the fragrance of the flesh of the melon.

The skin, flesh and seeds of cantaloupe are all edible. The top of a mature cantaloupe can be smelled with a stronger sweet odor, while raw melon has a lighter odor. Common melon has a yellow skin and white skin two kinds, general Elizabeth melon and other yellow skin melon skin color the more yellow the higher maturity, wax yellow is the most delicious; white skin melon to creamy white is better. Mature melon fruit hair will naturally fall off, have a better luster.

Categorization of melon

1, thick-skinned system

Thick-skinned melon fruits are generally 1.5~5kg, and the maximum can be more than 10kg; sugar content is mostly 12%~15%, and the maximum is even more than 20%. As a result of generation selection, in the air humidity, rainy conditions under cultivation, thick-skinned melon quality is not good, and prone to disease. Therefore, China's Xinjiang and Gansu formed a famous specialty area.

2, thin-skinned system

Weak growth potential, smaller fruit (0.5~1kg), thin skin, thin flesh, brittle flesh or face, lower sugar content (mostly 8%~11%). Seeds are small or medium-large, flat and straight, with thousand-seed weight mostly below 20g. Mostly early maturing. Can tolerate higher soil and air humidity. Sunshine is not quite enough, day and night temperature difference is small areas, can also be produced; in continental climate conditions, as long as the irrigation, fruit quality is better. Therefore, in addition to alpine areas, from south to north, China is widely cultivated throughout the country, with a wide range of varieties.