Melons are: watermelon, pumpkin, winter melon, melon, cantaloupe, loofah, bitter gourd, cucumber and so on.

One, watermelon

Watermelon, annual trailing vine; stem, branches stout, with obvious ribs. The tendrils are stout and pubescent, the petiole is thick and densely pilose; the leaf blade is papery, triangular-ovate in outline, whitish-green, and hispidulous on both sides, the base of the leaf blade is cordate.

Fruit large, subglobose or ellipsoid, fleshy, juicy, pericarp smooth, colored and ornamented in various styles. Seeds numerous, ovate, black, red, smooth on both sides, base obtuse-rounded, usually slightly arched at the margin, flowering and fruiting in summer.

Two, cucumber

Cucumber, cucurbitaceae annual trailing or climbing herb. The stem and branches are elongated, furrowed, and covered with white hispid hairs. The tendrils are fine. Petiole slightly rough, hispid; leaf blade broadly ovate-cordate, membranous, lobes triangular, dentate.

Fruit oblong or terete, yellow-green when ripe, surface rough. Seeds small, narrowly ovate, white, without margin, both ends subacute. Flowering and fruiting in summer.

Three, winter melon

Winter melon, cucurbitaceae winter melon genus annual trailing or shelf herb, stems yellow-brown bristly and villous, angular grooves, petiole stout, coarsely bristly and villous, monoecious, flowers solitary, fruit oblong terete or subglobose, large, bristly and glaucous, seeds ovate.

Winter melon fruit, in addition to being used as a vegetable, can also be impregnated for a variety of sweets; rind and seeds are used medicinally with anti-inflammatory, diuretic and decongestive properties.

Four, bitter melon

Bitter melon, cucurbitaceae bitter melon plants, annual climbing tender herb, multi-branched; stem, branches are pilose. Tendrils slender, not divergent. Petiole slender; leaf blade membranous, green above, light green abaxially, leaf veins palmate.

Fruit fusiform or cylindrical, much tuberculate and wrinkled, orange-yellow when ripe. Seeds oblong, incised on both sides. Flowering and fruiting May-October.

Five, cantaloupe

Hami melon is mainly produced in the Tuha Basin, it is different forms, unique flavor, melon flesh is fat, crisp and refreshing. Hami melon is rich in nutrition, sugar content up to 21%. Cantaloupe varieties of resources are very rich. According to the different maturity period, divided into early, medium and late maturity varieties.

Early maturing varieties are mainly yellow Danzi, Naxi Gan, a package of sugar, Baosi Koukou Qi, stone sweet 401, etc., which is characterized by thin skin and fine flesh, rich flavor. Medium maturity varieties are mainly red heart crisp and juicy, thick and delicate meat, fragrant and refreshing and won the people's favorite. Late-maturing varieties are mainly black eyebrow dense extremely dry, green hemp skin dense extremely dry, Fortress Red, green skin red meat, green skin winter melon, yellow skin white meat Koukou Qi and so on.