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Can melon be eaten directly?
Melons can generally be eaten directly. After buying melons, clean them and peel them to eat. Its pulp and seeds have no edible value, so you can eat them without them. Melon can be eaten raw, made into dessert or heated.

Melon (CucumismeloL. ) Also called cantaloupe and cantaloupe. It is an annual vine herb of Cucurbitaceae. Stems and branches are angular. Tendrils are slender, simple and puberulent. Petiole has grooves and short bristles; The leaves are as thick as paper, with rough surface and rough white. Flowers are unisexual and hermaphroditic. Male flowers: several flowers are clustered in the axils of leaves; Pedicel slender; Corolla yellow; Female flowers: solitary, with rough pedicels and pilose; The ovary is rectangular. The shape and color of fruit vary with varieties, usually spherical or rectangular, with smooth skin, longitudinal grooves or stripes, white, yellow or green flesh and sweet taste; Seeds are grayish white or yellowish white, ovoid or oblong, with sharp apex and smooth surface. Summer flower and fruit period.

The shape and color of fruit vary with varieties, usually spherical or rectangular, with smooth skin, longitudinal grooves or stripes, no prickly protrusions, white, yellow or green pulp and sweet smell; Seeds are grayish white or yellowish white, ovoid or oblong, with sharp apex, blunt base, smooth surface and no edges. Summer flower and fruit period.